Latest data reports that the rise in taxes applied to cigarette purchases has led to an exponential increase in cigarette contraband; it is now estimated that in the country 5 out of 10 cigarettes are illegally imported and sold

President Daniel Ortega has announced that tourists will not be allowed into the country with audiovisual equipment such as photographic and video cameras, night vision binoculars, and camera accessories

Along with the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation, the country signed a roadmap for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, cooperating in the applications of nuclear technologies in the fields of medicine, hydraulic, geothermal and wind energy

The state has estimated that a total of 328.000 Nicaraguans fled the country throughout this past year, which is approximately 5% of the country’s total population

The state held a ceremony to commemorate the 20.000 victims of the Managua Earthquake of 1972 by holding a nation-wide earthquake drill in which approximately 600.000 people took part