Managua  - An unknown attacker fired four shots at Nicaragua's Attorney General Hernan Estrada on Monday, but the official escaped with only light injuries, authorities said.

The attack occurred as Estrada was exercising at a gym near his home in the capital. He was injured in the neck.

Local media reported it was the first attack in decades on a high government official.

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Managua  - In Nicaragua, tourists can be found strolling through Parque Central in the colonial city of Granada, driving to the crater of the Masaya volcano or swimming in the surf of the Pacific Ocean.

Twenty years after the end of the civil war, tourism has become an every day feature in this Central American country.

Many tourists often return to Nicaragua in search of new adventures, not least of all the "Caribbean Feeling" the country provides on its quiet eastern coastline.

Managua  - Supporters of the Sandinista Front that leads Nicaragua took to the streets of the capital Managua on Tuesday to "defend the vote" from the recent municipal election.

They gathered in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) three hours before the start of a "rally against fraud" that had been called by the right-wing candidate to the position of mayor of Managua, Eduardo Montealegre.

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Managua - At least 10 people died in heavy rains in the past 48 hours in Nicaragua, which also caused serious damage to housing and infrastructure in the Central American country, civil defence authorities said Friday in Managua.

Many rivers overflowed, and there were mudslides particularly in northern Nicaragua.

More than 2,500 people had to be lodged in emergency shelters, although rescue teams had not finished evacuating all those in need in flooded areas, so the figures were expected to rise further.