Latin America Collection

English-language books, newspapers and magazines are available
in Nicaragua.
The Nica Times
, a publication of Central America's leading
English-language newspaper, The Tico Times, is the country's
only English-language newspaper, providing in-dept news
coverage of politics, environment, business, tourism and human-
interest stories every Friday. The paper is sold in various locations
in Granada, San Juan del Sur and Managua, and is available on
line at http://www.ticotimes.net. The paper also publishes a
biannual tourism and investment supplement in May and
November.
Between the Waves
is an English-language tourism magazine that
is printed quarterly and distributed for free throughout the
country. The magazine carries articles on travel and Nicaraguan
history. For more information: mailto:waves@ibw.com.ni.
Nicaragua Tourism & Real Estate Guide
is a glossy, quarterly
advertisement magazine distributed for free throughout the


country. It has articles on real-estate investment couple with
attractive photos, as well as current real-estate listings.
The Nicaragua Network
(http://www.nicanet.org) offers weekly
online Nicaraguan news coverage, with a social justice slant,
based out of New York.
Investment consulting firm Calvet & Associates puts out a new
quarterly internet investment newsletter Investment and Tourism
Nicaragua
(http://www.rcalvet.com), and San Juan del Sur has
its own new quarterly newsletter called El Puente, which is found
free of charge in area businesses.
For Spanish readers, La Prensa is Nicaragua's most-widely
circulated and reputable daily (selling 34,000-36,000 issues a
day) followed by the left-leaning El Nuevo Diario. Smaller
publications, such as Hoy, are usually filled with blood and guts.
Bookstores, such as the Maverick Reading Lounge in Granada
offer English-language books and magazines, such as Newsweek
and People, and The Miami Herald can be found at international
bookstores and newsstands in Managua.
Libraries are scarce. In Managua there is the Emily Dickinson
Library at the Nicaraguan North American Cultural Center
(265-2743). The Biblioteca Nacional Rubén Darío (Tel: (505)
222-2722 mailto:Binanic@tmx.com.ni) is located in the Palacio
Nacional de la Cultura. San Juan del Sur has the countr's only
public lending library, across from the park.