Brookline residents head back to Nicaragua to present public health study Nov 23, 2008
Sarah Johnson and Peter Stringham, members of the Brookline Sister City Health Committee, and Carol Caro, president of the Brookline-Quezalguaque Project, will return to Nicaragua this December to report on a study of chronic kidney disease to the town of Quezalguaque, to the local health officials in Leon and to the Ministry of Health in Managua ... The Brookline group will help researchers in Leon, Nicaragua, plan the next steps to find out the root cause of this epidemic. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Sandinistas rally against regime's foes Nov 20, 2008
The violence affected other parts of the country on Tuesday as well, with progovernment protesters invading and destroying three radio stations in Leon considered sympathetic to the opposition. The Sandinista mayoral candidate in that city, northwest of Managua, was declared the winner despite widespread reports of fraud, including ballots found in a municipal dump. (Boston Globe)
Daniel Ortega's Supporters Attack Rival Protesters in Nicaraguan Capital Nov 19, 2008
Pro-Ortega demonstrators also prevented an opposition march in the northern city of Leon on Nov. 16, where one of Montealegre's body guards was shot in the leg after his caravan was forced to return to the capital. Cal Ripken Clinic. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Ripken's Nicaragua clinic cut short Nov 19, 2008
They were scheduled to give their final clinic in Leon. But the program sponsors canceled the last day of the tour because protesters were blocking major roads in Leon and they were concerned parents and the youths would not be able to attend, U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Kristin Stewart said. (MLB.com -- Baltimore Orioles)
Ripken to visit Nicaragua with former Brave Oct 31, 2008
During the five-day trip, the party will visit the cities of Managua, Leon and Granada. 2008-10-30 12:01:45 GMT. (FindLaw News)
Nicaragua's Colonial Cities Sep 5, 2008
In other words, the country "has not been tweaked, packaged and repackaged to meet the perceived desires of the international traveler," says Richard Leonardi, general manager of Tours Nicaragua (011-505-252-4035, ), a Managua outfitter ... As for adventurous and cultural destinations, Leonardi suggests that you visit the country's colonial cities of Leon and Granada, both founded in the 16th century ... "Both cities have fine colonial restorations for lodging," Leonardi says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
College athletes have rough go when it comes to academics Jul 13, 2008
Please join me in wishing Leon Minvielle a Happy Birthday. He was born on the Fourth of July and is one of the most patriotic and nicest men I know. (New Iberia, LA)
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More than 40,000 refugees went to Chinandega and nearby Leon. The volcano eruption came on the heels of a 10-year civil war. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Team to study renal failure in Brookline sister city Jul 6, 2008
Cecilia Torres and Aurora Aragon, researchers from the University of Leon. The Brookline research team will return on Aug. 4. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Tropical storm hits Nicaragua May 31, 2008
High winds and heavy rain buffeted the colonial city of Leon ... The storm - the first of the eastern Pacific hurricane season - reached land near the city of Leon on Thursday ... The storm brought torrential rain when it landed near the colonial city of Leon, the former Nicaraguan capital and home to some 150,000 people. (BBC News -- Americas)
Tropical Storm Alma Slams Nicaragua, Weakens May 31, 2008
Alma reached land Thursday near the Nicaraguan colonial city of Leon. Mayor Transito Tellez said houses had been destroyed and power knocked out by the storm. (Fox News)
C AMERICA STORM May 30, 2008
LEON, Nicaragua, May 29 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Alma, the first cyclone of the Americas hurricane season, slammed into Nicaragua's Pacific coast on Thursday, its winds toppling trees and ripping roofs off flimsy homes ... Members of a family make their way around an uprooted tree, toppled by Tropical Storm Alma, in Leon city, some 57 miles (90 km) west of Managua, May 29, 2008. (AlertNet)
Tropical Storm Alma, Pacific Season's First, Strikes Coast of Nicaragua May 30, 2008
Alma, the first named storm of the northeast Pacific Ocean hurricane season, made landfall around noon local time near the city of Leon, the U.S. said in a statement. Wind speeds dropped to 50 miles per hour this afternoon from 65 miles per hour earlier. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Tropical Storm Alma debuts in Central America May 30, 2008
The storm hit land near the colonial city of Leon, whose mayor, Transito Tellez, said houses had been destroyed and power knocked out by the storm ... "It's raining like I've never seen," said Leon school teacher Socorro Alvarez. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Tropical Storm Alma Pummels Nicaragua, Fells Trees May 30, 2008
LEON, Nicaragua - Tropical Storm Alma, the first cyclone of the Americas hurricane season, slammed into Nicaragua's Pacific coast on Thursday, its winds toppling trees and ripping roofs off flimsy homes. Torrential rain fell in this colonial western city as Alma whipped up sustained winds near 65 mph (100 kph) and even higher gusts. (Planet Ark, United States)
Doctors Fight No-Abortion Policy Nov 6, 2007
Perez said he rushed her to a hospital in nearby Leon, but after she had an ultrasound that confirmed her condition, they left her bent over and in agony for hours in a waiting room ... The doctors who handled her case in Leon refused to talk to The Associated Press ... "Many are thinking that instead of taking the risk, it is better to let a woman die," said Dr. Leonel Arguello, president of the Nicaraguan Society of General Medicine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Death toll rises from Noel Nov 3, 2007
The mother, Mary De Leon, was inconsolable ... Dominican President Leonel Fernandez declared a state of emergency for the next 30 days and asked for international help, especially rescue teams and helicopters. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
In Nicaragua, 'surf' steaming volcanoes and explore colonial cities Sep 16, 2007
LEON, Nicaragua -- With a grin and quick pace, guide Rigo Sampson led a small group of hikers up a steep trail to the top of Cerro Negro, a stark 1,300-foot-tall volcano of black cinders, sulphur-stained rock and steaming vents. The dark volcanic cone thrusts ominously, without a speck of vegetation, out of the lush Nicaraguan plains near the city of Leon ... U.S. investors are snapping up beachfront land on Pacific beaches and colonial-style homes in the cities of Granada and Leon. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Giuliani mocks Hillary claim to be Iron Lady Sep 16, 2007
Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton s former White House chief of staff and a member of the Iraq Study Group, set up last year to advise on strategy, said Democrats should certainly dissociate themselves from MoveOn. org s attack on Petraeus. (Times Online)
Rapid Reaction: Free Trade in the Balance Sep 12, 2007
General Freddy Padilla de Leon, commandant of Colombia's armed forces, observes ... General Freddy Padilla de Leon, commandant of Colombia's armed forces, observes. (Townhall.com)
Felix death toll in Nicaragua hits 98 Sep 7, 2007
Ariel Leon / APAn injured Nicaragua man is helped out of a helicopter in Puerto Cabezas on Thursday. . (MSNBC -- International)
Search for survivors after Hurricane Felix hits Sep 7, 2007
By ARIEL LEON Associated Press Writer. PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua Desperate families searched through the early morning hours Thursday for scores of missing Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast where Hurricane Felix blew away villages, flooded rivers and killed at least 18 people. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Felix Death Toll Rises To 65 Sep 7, 2007
Associated Press writers Freddy Cuevas in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Ariel Leon in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua; Filadelfo Aleman in Managua, Nicaragua; and Richard Jacobsen in Mexico City contributed to this report. . (Guardian Unlimited)
Felix Toll in Nicaragua Rises Above 40 Sep 6, 2007
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Felix Leaves 18 Dead in Nicaragua Sep 6, 2007
(AP Photo/Ariel Leon) PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua - Desperate families searched through the early morning hours Thursday for scores of missing Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast where Hurricane Felix blew away villages, flooded rivers and killed at least 18 people. Some 150 Miskito Indians who were adrift on the ocean clinging to buoys, canoes and slabs of wood were rescued by authorities, said Honduran federal Congresswoman Carolina Echeverria, who represents the northeastern province of Gracias... (Helena Independent Record)
Felix devastates Nicaragua coast villages Sep 6, 2007
Ariel Leon Associated Press Sept. 6, 2007 12:00 AM. PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua - Doctors treated storm casualties in a makeshift clinic Wednesday after powerful Hurricane Felix flooded their hospital and wrecked villages on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. (AZCentral -- News)
Central America Picks Up After Felix Sep 6, 2007
" Others were caught in the sea as well. Jelivaro Climax, 22, said he had to swim through enormous waves to reach shore. "Lightning flashed through a pitch black sky," he said. "I swam with everything I had, and I was sure the sea would take me. " Felix swept over the Mosquito Coast, an impoverished region where about 150,000 people live in jungle settlements. Their hamlets of wooden shacks and coconut groves are remote even in good weather, reachable only by air or flat-bottom boats. The... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
The prize student: Leo Padilla Jul 22, 2007
On Tuesday, he competed against eight students in a regional Physics Olympics by taking a four-hour written exam 45 miles away in Leon. Advertisement A win would mean going to the national competition, where another triumph would bring scholarship money and the attention of the country's finest universities. (Stamford Advocate)
Click for Full Story Jun 27, 2007
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING FOR BELL, BOSQUE, CORYELL, HAMILTON, HILL, FALLS, FREESTONE, LAMPASAS, LEON, LIMESTONE, MILAM, MILLS, MCLENNAN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIESRIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH BOSQUE RIVER NEAR CLIFTON AFFECTING BOSQUE COUNTYNORTH BOSQUE RIVER AT VALLEY MILLS AFFECTING BOSQUE AND MCLENNAN COUNTIESLEON RIVER NEAR HAMILTON AFFECTING HAMILTON COUNTYLEON RIVER AT GATESVILLE AFFECTING CORYELL COUNTY AND THE LAMPASAS RIVER NEAR... (KWTX.com, TX)
A don't-go spot of the '80s goes boom Jun 24, 2007
Once outside of Managua I headed toward Leon, about 90 minutes away, and thankfully found there what I hoped Nicaragua would be. Leon's central square features everything you imagine a former colonial capital would contain: strolling families, shaded benches, food vendors and a stunning church, in this case the Basilica de la Asuncion, Central America's largest cathedral and one of its most beautiful ... The basilica is only one of a half dozen or so awe-inspiring churches in Leon. (Chicago Tribune)
A home from home in Nicaragua May 4, 2007
For a modest extra cost, day excursions to Granada, Leon, and the Pacific coast or Managua can be arranged ... Leon, the old colonial capital, is home to the nation's main university but is more run down. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Where to go after the snow Apr 16, 2007
Cerro Negro is in the west of Nicaragua, close to the former capital city, Leon ... My journey began in Managua, the modern capital, where I shoehorned myself into a minivan for the two-hour ride to Leon ... As we bumped, bounced and squeaked our way towards Leon, I caught my first glimpse of this beautiful country. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Pacific and Atlantic, peaceful and boiling, cities and forests Mar 25, 2007
After that, they visited the beautiful colonial cities of Leon and Granada. DOWN TO EARTH: They spent several hours in a village near Selva Negra. (Boston Globe)
solo: Delusion & Reality Mar 23, 2007
" Nicaragua - a battleground againThe first and third swimmers are those designs for ethanol-producing monocultures and Inter-American Development Bank driven infrastructure mega-projects linked to free trade deals like the Central American Free Trade Agreement. These schemes are the practical follow-up to the neo-liberal policies of privatisation, deregulation and shrinking government social spending that have condemned tens of millions of people in Central America to wretched poverty or... (Zmag.org)
How to ride a wild volcano Feb 19, 2007
LEON, Nicaragua -- After trying out coffee tables, fridge doors, mattresses and other modes of unconventional transport, Darryn Webb hit pay dirt with a strip of laminate beneath a thin plank of wood ... The 29-year-old former tour guide has spent two years perfecting his "volcano boarding" on Cerro Negra, an ominous-looking active volcano located about 45 minutes from Leon ... "We tried everything," explains Webb, an Australian who runs the activity from his popular Bigfoot Hostel in central... (Chicago Tribune)
American dreamers find their 'majors' in Nicaragua Feb 14, 2007
" So are the whistles as a cacophony rings throughout the large stadium, where wood panels peel away from the roof like dead leaves on a plantain tree. Soon, nearly 25,000 fans will pack into the park to cheer for Boer as it takes on rival Leon. Photo courtesy of La PrensaWilliams' exploits made big headlines in La Prensa, Nicaragua's leading newspaper. Over the course of the night, two sets of cheerleaders will battle each other atop the Boer home dugout while a full-piece band provides their... (ESPN -- Baseball)
Mayorga busted again in Nicaragua for fraud Feb 3, 2007
He was jailed in Leon, 50 miles from Managua, on charges he never paid a local car dealer $56,000 for four cars. Local prosecutors dismissed the case as a civil matter, and he was to be released. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Mayorga charged with fraud in Nicaragua Feb 1, 2007
He was being held Wednesday in Leon, 50 miles northwest of Managua after Ramiro Sandino, a used car dealer in the city, accused the boxer of failing to pay him $56,000 for four cars. Sandino said he turned over the cars to Mayorga in December 2005, and the boxer promised to pay for them after his fight with Oscar de la Hoya on May 6. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
Aleman considering alliance with Ortega Jan 13, 2007
AP Photo/Ariel Leon Former Nicaragua's President and leader of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, PLC, Arnoldo Aleman, speak during a press conference at his house in Managua, Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Aleman, serving 20 years of house arrest for fraud and money laundering, announced that the Liberal Party will be constructive opposition to Daniel Ortega's new government. (Bakersfield Californian -- World)
Nicaragua's Ortega Returns to Power Jan 11, 2007
(AP Photo/Ariel Leon). Ortega took the oath of office Wednesday at a plaza where he conceded electoral defeat to Violeta Chamorro in 1990 after a turbulent decade in power marked by a civil war with U.S.-backed Contra rebels. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Calls Jesus Christ 'the greatest socialist in history'... Jan 11, 2007
"They want to nationalize everything. This is the beginning," said Marisela Leon, a 47-year-old engineer who said she might consider leaving the country because she sees difficult times ahead. The U.S. government has expressed concern about Chavez's vaguely defined nationalization plans, which he has said also include bringing under state control four lucrative oil projects now run by foreign companies in the Orinoco River basin. (The Drudge Report)
Chavez Venezuelan Foes Decry Nationalization Plans, Lack Power to Resist Jan 11, 2007
Still, Venezuelan pollster Luis Vicente Leon of Datanalisis in Caracas said he's cautioning clients not to overreact ... Yesterday, we discovered prostate cancer,'' Leon said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Chavez begins new 6-year term he says will move Venezuela toward socialism Jan 11, 2007
This is the beginning, said Marisela Leon, a 47-year-old engineer who said she might consider leaving the country because she sees difficult times ahead. The U.S. government has expressed concern about Chavez's vaguely defined nationalization plans, which he has said also include bringing under state control four lucrative oil projects now run by foreign companies in the Orinoco River basin. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Bush Looks to Cooperate With Nicaragua Jan 9, 2007
(AP Photo/Ariel Leon). Bush also called outgoing President Enrique Bolanos to thank him for his service. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Chávez unveils takeovers in shift toward socialism Jan 9, 2007
Ch;vez, a virulent critic of the Bush administration and close ally of Cuba's Fidel Castro, also peppered his televised speech with admiring references to Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin and declared that he was ``very much of [Leon] Trotsky's line -- the permanent revolution. . (The Miami Herald)
