nicaragua

Describes, against the backdrop of the history of the Nicaraguan people, one family's flight from Managua airport, in December 1979, to a new life in Miami, Florida.

A bilingual folk tale from Nicaragua about a well-meaning man who can't figure out how to make changes in his life until his niece, Ambrosia, shows him how.

Presents the life of a ten-year-old boy and his family in Nicaragua, describing his home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, ethnic composition, natural resources, languages, government, religions, culture, and economics of his country.

The author describes her experiences traveling through Nicaragua and the effects of the present conflict on the lives of the young people of this troubled country.

A brave young Miskito Indian follows his wife from the land of the living to the spirit world.

Surveys the life and times of the leader of the Sandanista government in Nicaragua.

Erice Volz moved from California to Nicaragua in 2005 when he was in his late twenties after co-founding a successful bilingual magazine. There he met beautiful Doris Jimenez but the relationship lasted less than a year. They remained friends and then on November 21, 2006, he received a phone call that Doris had been found murdered in her seaside clothing boutique. As he comforted her friends and family he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Imprisoned, he suffered horrific conditions. Through the tireless support of his friends and family and a former intelligence operative he was finally released in December 2007 after more than a year in prison.