Summary of News Media Articles About Nicaragua

New York Times – The Sophisticated Traveler Magazine – May 2, 2004 – '' Granada , Nicaragua : Its Fall and Rise'' – by David Allen Cates – ''I love Nicaragua . I love the poetry of its pace, ox carts slowing traffic, shoeless boys playing baseball in vacant lots, men riding their lovers double on bicycles and the silhouettes of women reposed in doorways. I love its rum and cigars, rice and beans and green volcanoes towering over red-tile roofs and blue lakes.''
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New York Times – Jan. 9, 2005 – ''A Crowded Field of Contenders Vying to Be ''The Next Costa Rica''– By Stuart Emmrich – ''After years of political turbulence, Nicaragua is beginning to emerge as a popular eco-tourist destination, as word gets out about its pristine beaches, six active volcanoes and what has been called the largest area of primary-growth rain forest north of the Amazon.''
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New York Times – May 15, 2005 - ''In Nicaragua , Chasing the Unsurfed Wave.'' – by Mark Sundeen – ''Perhaps the most influential person in the development of Popoyo is J.J. Yemma, a 28-year-old entrepreneur from Florida with the copper-streaked hair and languid movements of a longtime surfer. J.J. arrived here in 1996 and operates Popoyo Surf Lodge, one of several all-inclusive surf camps that have sprung up in Nicaragua in recent years.''
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The Wall Street Journal – June 9, 2004 – ''Retirement Havens For the Intrepid: Nicaragua , Honduras , Panama Vie to Be the Next Florida ; Bring Your Own Horseradish.'' – by Andrea Petersen – ''As legions of baby boomers prepare to retire and relocate to warmer climates, a widening range of Central American countries are vying to be their new home. While places like Costa Rica , Mexico and Belize have long lured U.S. retirees with pristine beaches and cheap living, prices in those countries have risen sharply during recent years. As a result, a new breed of intrepid retirees is branching out to countries including Panama , Honduras and Nicaragua .''
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USA Today - "Almost 10,000 Americans have already discovered Nicaragua and call it their home." [No date.]

Chicago Tribune/Tribune Media Services – May 16, 2004 – '' Latin America new investment destination.'' – by Andrew Leckey – ''A beautiful and peaceful place now courting tourism…''
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Outside Traveler – Summer 2004 – ''Viva Nicaragua .'' – by Kent Black – ''From secret surf stashes on the Pacific to untouched Caribbean isles – plus all the volcanoes and colonial plazas in between – Nicaragua has the makings of a sporting paradise. Come discover Central America 's red-hot center.''
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Money Magazine – May 2005 – ''Voyages of Rediscovery'' – by Donna Rosato – ''Yes, Nicaragua shares Costa Rica 's natural beauty, from volcanoes to cloud forests, but it's less crowded than its trendy neighbor.''
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Christian Science Monitor – April 28, 2004 – US Seniors Go South - Way South: The Cost of Living in the US Has Retirees Heading to Former Cold War Hot Spots.'' – b y Sara B. Miller – ''T his Central American nation is emerging as a US retirement haven. Inexpensive colonial mansions line Granada 's streets. Cheap land surrounds picturesque crater lakes and active volcanoes. And the cost of living is a fraction of what it is in the United States .''
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Marlin Magazine – May 2004 – ''San Juan del Sur.'' '' Nicaragua … is changing for the better. Rated by International Living as the eighth best place in the world to retire, Nicaragua ranks high in such categories as safety, cost of living and real estate investment.''
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Elle (Italian Edition) – February 2004 – ''Orizzonti di Pace'' - ''Horizons of Peace.'' – fashion photo spread with Spanish colonial architecture as a backdrop.
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Washington Post – May 27, 2005 – ''My Nicaragua'' – by Sandy M. Fernandez – ''Investment started coming back, as did some of those who had fled. In 1994, the summer I made my first trip back home since the war, one of the cool teen hangouts was a new, enormous highway-side gas station, brightly lit and alien as a spaceship. Another was a bar started by two twentysomethings just back from Miami .''
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Conde Nast Traveler – Feb. 2002 – '' Nicaragua 's New Wave'' – by Jason Wilson - '' a world-class lake, twenty-five volcanoes, miles of empty beaches. . . . And Americans, it seems, are buying up the place…''
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Conde Nast Traveler – March 2005 - Nicaragua : Where Ondine Cohane gets sporty '' – by Ondine Cohane – '' Surf the breaks with the bold…Swing the treetops with monkeys… Climb the volcano with hot hands…Walk to the waterfall with butterflies…Dive the reef with green parrot fish. You're in the new Action Central…''
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The Globalist - Nicaragua, CAFTA and the ''Invisible Hand'' - May 4, 2005 – by David C. Wyld – ''Since 1990, there has in fact been a massive return of Nicaraguans who had left the country during the Sandinista era of the 1980s.''
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U.S. News & World Report – 2001 - " Nicaragua is a hot new travel destination and expatriate haven" -- U.S. News & World Report, 2001

Travel World News - April 2004 – '' Nicaragua is experiencing a hotel growth spurt. New hotels are opening, older ones are being refurbished and anchoring the new commercial area south of the original downtown … is the 5-star Real Inter-Continental Metrocentro.''
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Scotland on Sunday – May 9, 2004 – US Pensioners Pick Nicaragua for Retirement .'' – by Sara Miller – ''Going south is nothing new for American senior citizens. There are large expatriate communities in Mexico , the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica . But as the cost of living rises in these areas, Nicaragua is becoming the new favourite.''
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – ''The Private Sector: New Nicaragua - Pittsburghers find once war-ravaged country is a good place to invest.'' – Aug. 24, 2005 – by Richard L. White – '' Nicaragua, an incredibly beautiful nation of gentle, peace-loving people, has shaken away the ghosts of a civil war that ended 15 years ago, and is now beckoning to the world as a "go-to" destination of strategic importance. The past nine months have been a "tipping point" of global recognition of these changes.''
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Pittsburgh Business Times – ''Local Investors Back Nicaragua Resort.'' - Feb. 18, 2005 – by Timothy Schooley – '' Pittsburghers may best know the central American country of Nicaragua as the place where Pittsburgh Pirates great Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash 30 years ago. Yet today, a Pittsburgh investment group known as Gran Pacifica is working closely with the Nicaraguan government to develop a four-mile stretch of Pacific coastline into a major resort.''
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