News Nicaragua Masaya: Masaya Volcano National Park reveals two magma sources on 1 October
Masaya Volcano National Park near Masaya is at the centre of research published on 1 October after satellites indicated two magma sources below the caldera.
News Nicaragua Masaya: Double trouble: Two active magma reservoirs indicated at Masaya volcano
Masaya volcano in Nicaragua sits within 13 miles of 2 million people and is a popular tourist destination due to its lava lake. Penn State researchers recently found evidence of two new magma sources under the active volcano, highlighting what they called the critical importance of understanding transitions in volcanic behavior and shallow magma processes, especially when they potentially pose hazards to local communities.
News Nicaragua Masaya: Student protesters say Nicaraguan forces "shooting to kill"
Nicaraguan pro-government forces launched an operation in the country's south that left at least 10 people dead and around 20 injured on Sunday, a human rights group said. The dead included six ...
News Nicaragua Masaya: 3 more killed as Nicaragua's political unrest hits 2 months
Three people were shot dead in the city of Masaya security forces and allied groups tried to regain control of the area, a human rights group reported Tuesday, the two-month anniversary of political unrest that has shaken Nicaragua.
News Nicaragua Masaya: Central America Trip #35
This trip ended up being 343 days and 16,000+ miles through the back-country of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua ... Then on to the Masaya National Volcano Park ...
News Nicaragua Masaya: Nicaragua Frees 56 Imprisoned Protest Leaders Under New Amnesty Law
Nicaragua said on Tuesday it had released 56 political prisoners under a new law that frees people who were arrested in recent anti-government protests, while protecting police and others who violently clamped down on the demonstrations. The release of the 56 opposition leaders follows Monday's release of 50 rank-and-file protesters by the administration of President Daniel Ortega. Nicaragua's opposition has made the release of political prisoners a condition of dialogue with the administration.
News Nicaragua Masaya: Nicaragua remembers: Anniversary of mass protests
More than 300 people died and tens of thousands fled the country. A year later, the country is reflecting on the ultimate cost of the crisis. Al Jazeera's John Holman reports from Masaya, Nicaragua.
News Nicaragua Masaya: Freed Nicaraguan prisoner tells of torture
The 36-year-old says his cry was heard throughout the El Chipote prison in Nicaragua's capital ... to throw all of us -- the arrested demonstrators -- into the crater of the Masaya volcano." That's an ...
News Nicaragua Masaya: After a year of protests, Nicaraguans don't want just Ortega's departure - they want a new beginning
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Since mass protests against ... In June, protesters in Masaya declared the eastern city a 'dictatorship-free territory.' The government cracked down on these protesters ...
News Nicaragua Masaya: 12 Defining Moments in Nicaragua’s Year-Long Crisis
Masaya, located about 19 miles southeast of ... rocket-propelled grenades, and more. On May 7, Nicaragua’s largest university – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua – opened for ...
News Nicaragua Masaya: A year into Nicaragua crisis, uncertainty and scepticism prevail
Since then, "Nicaragua's people have changed, we're not the same any more." Still, the crisis last left lasting scars. In Masaya last month, Calderon sat in a rocking chair on a patio at his residence ...
