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UCA limits new scholarships due to CNU budget blow

The drastic reduction in the 6% budget allocated to the Central American University (UCA) has caused the student scholarship program to lose its ability to benefit new low-income students. “Until now, the

January 19, 2022

Nicaragua

Gina de la Guardia, from Unicef: ‘Law 567 has a conceptual basis based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child’

The law has a broad conceptual basis based on the convention on the rights of the child. On January 11, Law 567, which creates the System of Guarantees and Comprehensive Protection of

January 19, 2022

Panama

Israel investigates whether Pegasus app was used to spy on its citizens

Israel’s Justice Minister has promised a thorough investigation into allegations that the controversial Pegasus program was used to spy on Israeli citizens, including people who led protests against former Prime Minister Benjamin

January 19, 2022

Panama

Jorge Castañeda: “I don’t think Almagro will have enough votes to invoke the Democratic Charter”

At the gates of a meeting this Wednesday of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), in which diplomatic sources assure that Secretary General Luis Almagro will finally present

January 19, 2022

Nicaragua

Panama reports 11,519 positives, active cases total 62,918 and 55 patients in ICU for Covid-19

Celia Douglas The epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health reports for this Tuesday, January 18, 591,843 cases accumulated by Covid-19, of which 11,519 turned out to be new positive cases. Unfortunately,

January 19, 2022

Panama

López Obrador appoints a journalist as the new ambassador to Nicaragua

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, put the writer and journalist at the head of the Mexican embassy in Nicaragua William Zamora, who will return to this Central American country

January 19, 2022

Nicaragua

President Cortizo announces completion of negotiations with Minera Panamá

Celia Douglas The President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, informed the country on Tuesday that the negotiations with Minera Panamá have concluded and that now it is time to comply with

January 19, 2022

Panama

Regime orders to cancel legal status of three university associations

The National Assembly began its legislative activity with the presentation of a decree initiative to cancel the legal personality of the Fundación Universidad de Mobile Latinoamérica Campus (FUMLAC), the Association for the

January 19, 2022

Nicaragua

Mayor Fábrega relaxes regulations so that municipal police officers can use tattoos

The mayor of the district of Panama, José Luis Fábrega, presented to the Municipal Council on Tuesday, a reform to Article 16 of Agreement No.46 of February 21, 2017, which establishes the

January 19, 2022

Panama

Juventud nicaragüense, Presupuesto de UCA y Ucatse

CNU deals the final blow to the budget of UCA and Ucatse in 2022

The National Council of Universities (CNU) cut the annual budget assigned to two houses of higher education that are not controlled by rectors faithful to the Government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario

January 18, 2022

Nicaragua

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