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San Juan del Sur is a municipality and coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, in the Rivas department in southwest Nicaragua. It is located 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Managua. San Juan del Sur is popular among surfers and is a vacation spot for many Nicaraguan families and foreign tourists. Its population is approximately 15,553, consisting ...
The San Juan del Sur Psychopath[ 1] is the name of a suspected Nicaraguan serial killer, allegedly responsible for the deaths of at least one and possibly up to nine other men, in San Juan del Sur, one of the country's most popular tourist centers. [ 2] Only one suspect, a German national, was arrested on suspicion, but later cleared from ...
El Ostional. El Ostional is a coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, in the municipality of San Juan del Sur and Rivas department in south-west Nicaragua. It is located 170 kilometers (105 miles) south of Managua and 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) from the border with Costa Rica. The region consists of the communities of Monte Cristo and San Antonio.
The onset of the epidemic was likely delayed by Nicaragua's 10-year civil war and the U.S.-led economic blockade, both of which left the country isolated for several years. Relative control over commercial sex work, low infection rates among injecting drug users, and a ban on the commercial sale of blood also slowed HIV transmission. [8]
The Republic of Nicaragua v. The United States of America (1986) [ 2] was a case where the International Court of Justice (ICJ) held that the U.S. had violated international law by supporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Sandinistas and by mining Nicaragua's harbors. The case was decided in favor of Nicaragua and against the ...
San Pedro Airport: Moyogalpa: Rivas: MNLP OMT Ometepe Airport: Rosita: RAAN: MNRT RFS Rosita Airport: San Juan de Nicaragua: Río San Juan: MNSN San Juan de Nicaragua Airport: Siuna: RAAN: MNSI SIU Siuna Airport: Waspam: RAAN: MNWP WSP Waspam Airport: Other airports Alamikamba, Prinzapolka: RAAN: MNAL Alamikamba Airport: El Bluff: RAAN: MNFF El ...
On September 2, 1992, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the central coast of Nicaragua generated a tsunami that devastated Popoyo and many other communities on the Pacific coast. At least 116 people were killed, more than 68 missing and over 13,500 left homeless in Nicaragua. At least 1,300 houses and 185 fishing boats were destroyed along the ...
This landing party reembarked aboard ship October 24 and 25, 1912. One officer and 24 men were landed from the Denver at San Juan del Sur on the southern end of the Nicaraguan isthmus from August 30 to September 6, 1912, and from September 11 to 27, 1912 to protect the cable station, custom house and American interests.