If you ask me to name the highlight of my trip to Managua, the answer will come fast and easy: getting to meet the remarkable director, Andrea Paltzer, and the full-time designers at Chureca Chic, a fashion label with accessories made from 100% recycled material. The profits…
Managua was never intended to be the capital of Nicaragua. Rival political groups from León and Granada had been fighting for decades in the early 19th Century to declare their respective city the capital; Managua lies roughly halfway between the two cities and in 1852 a compromise…
Update June 8, 2018: The situation in Managua has severely deteriorated in the past weeks. Peace talks have been suspended and the death toll continues to rise as Ortega refuses to step down. The silver lining of all the violence and bloodshed is that it has brought…