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	<title>Nicaragua Dispatch</title>
	
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		<title>Managua buses enter digital era</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[MANAGUA—Bus passengers in Nicaragua&#8217;s capital are trading in their coins for plastic cards as the country implements its first electronic-payment system for public transit. Starting in July, Managua&#8217;s 800,000 daily bus passengers will start paying their fares by tapping a pre-paid card...<br/>
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		<title>Expat baby boom helps day school grow in San Juan del Sur</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SAN JUAN DEL SUR—The cat is out of the bag. Nicaragua is no longer the hidden gem of travel, but a hot spot for tourism. This positive exposure brings not only transient backpackers, but also those looking to relocate and embrace a lifestyle change. In addition to retirees and surfers, expats...<br/>
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		<title>Nicaragua shook by 5.4-magnitude earthquake</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#160; (posted June 17, 11:15 a.m.)- Nicaragua’s Pacific coast continues to shake, rattle and roll. At 9:12 on Monday morning another 5.4-magnitude quake was registered 61 kilometers off the coast of Puerto Sandino, León. No damage or injuries were reported. Similar to last Saturday’s 6.5-magnitude...<br/>
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		<title>HKND: Chinese gov’t is not involved in Nicaragua Canal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nicaragua’s $40-billion canal project will rely entirely on private funding and won’t involve the participation of any government—including China’s. That’s according to Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, spokesman for HKND Group, the private Chinese company awarded the concession to design, build and operate...<br/>
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		<title>6.5-magnitude earthquake rocks Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(posted June 15: 12:00 p.m.)- Nicaraguans across the Pacific coast gripped their chairs this morning as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the country at approximately 11:35 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS). Replicas of 4.9 and 5.1 were reported at 11:59 a.m. and 12:10...<br/>
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		<title>Ortega: Nicaragua Canal will deliver country to ‘promised land’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With a pinch of humor and a pound of populism, President Daniel Ortega, his wife Rosario Murillo, and enigmatic Chinese businessman Wang Jing last night sealed their politica pact giving Wang’s upstart company HKND Group exclusive rights to design, build and manage a $40 billion canal megaproject...<br/>
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		<title>Theater project encourages kids to imagine change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Theater and storytelling can allow communities to resolve conflict, reframe issues, and envision and ultimately determine a different future. In one neighborhood in Managua, in a small after-school educational center, more than 40 children are gathering every Saturday morning to use their...<br/>
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		<title>Wang Jing ‘honored’ by Nicaragua canal concession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(posted June 13, 3:05 p.m.)- Less than one hour after the Sandinista-controlled National Assembly voted to ratify Nicaragua’s 50-year canal contract to upstart Chinese firm HKND Group, the newly awarded Chinese concessionaire released a pre-prepared statement thanking Nicaragua for the opportunity...<br/>
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		<title>Sandinistas approve Nicaragua canal concession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[(posted June 13, 2:20 p.m.)- Voting along strict party lines, Sandinista lawmakers have unilaterally passed into law a presidentially endorsed concession that gives unknown Chinese firm HKND-Group a 50-year contract to “design, develop, engineer, finance, construct, possess, operate, maintain and...<br/>
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		<title>Nicaragua’s Diriomo enchants visitors with witchcraft tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Rogers</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[DIRIOMO—Nestled at the base of the towering Mombacho Volcano, the unassuming and hushed streets of Diriomo belie this town’s bewitching appeal to foreign tourists. Long known to Nicaraguans as a center for supernatural activity, this small town—one of famous Pueblos Blancos—is home to several dozen...<br/>
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