http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/NicaraguaFind stories, videos, and photos about Nicaragua from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:49:23 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Nicaragua14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Nicaragua from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/11/05/tropical.storm.ida/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/weather/11/05/tropical.storm.ida/index.html#cnnSTCTextHurricane Ida made landfall Thursday morning over east central Nicaragua, pelting the Central American nation with heavy rain and weakening to a tropical storm.Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:38:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/11/04/padilla.shot.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/11/04/padilla.shot.ap/index.htmlMANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor in Nicaragua accidentally shot him.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/12/remittances.down/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/12/remittances.down/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe remittances that emigrants send back to Latin America and the Caribbean, an important component of the gross domestic product for many countries in the region, will decline more than 10 percent this year, a new report says.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/28/nicaragua.abortion.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTextNicaragua's total ban on abortion is a "cruel, inhuman disgrace" that's led to the rise in maternal deaths, human rights organization Amnesty International has said.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/honduras.political.turmoil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/23/honduras.political.turmoil/index.html#cnnSTCTextBehind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle, deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya on Thursday started his journey from Managua, Nicaragua, to the country's border with Honduras.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/24/honduras.political.turmoil/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/24/honduras.political.turmoil/index.html#cnnSTCTextOusted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya returned to Nicaragua late Friday night after briefly entering his home country from which he was removed in a military coup nearly a month ago.Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:04:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/luis_bueno/07/10/mexico/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/luis_bueno/07/10/mexico/index.htmlAs the days left until the start of the 2010 World Cup shrink with increasing rapidity, Mexico's task of actually getting there grows more urgent. Five games are left between now and the end of qualifying, which doesn't leave the team nor coach Javier Aguirre much time to get Mexico out of harm's way and into a World Cup berth.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/05/costa.rica.happy.nation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/05/costa.rica.happy.nation/index.html#cnnSTCTextForget Disneyland! Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world, according to an independent research group in Britain with the goal of building a new economy, "centered on people and the environment."Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/01/nicaragua.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/01/nicaragua.mayor/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mayor of Nicaragua's capital, three-time world boxing champion Alexis Arguello, was found dead in his home early Wednesday morning from a gunshot wound to his chest. He was 57.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/14/nicaragua.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/14/nicaragua.venezuela/index.html#cnnSTCTextVenezuela has promised to give Nicaragua $50 million to replace money that the United States said this week it would withhold from the Central American country, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra said Saturday.Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/16/cnnheroes.erika.vohman/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/16/cnnheroes.erika.vohman/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the rain forests of Central America grows the nutrient-rich Maya nut. The marble-sized seed can be prepared to taste like mashed potatoes, chocolate or coffee. To those who stumble upon the nuts on the ground, they're free for the taking.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/25/arms.dealer.sentenced/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/25/arms.dealer.sentenced/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Syrian arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in a U.S. federal prison for conspiring to sell weapons as part of a plot to kill Americans in Colombia, according to prosecutors.Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/12/08/nicaragua.festival/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/12/08/nicaragua.festival/index.html#cnnSTCTextI've enjoyed many European holiday traditions such as Santa Lucia Day in Scandinavia and St. Nicholas Day in the Netherlands and Belgium. But one of the most memorable wasn't European at all.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/11/06/storm.paloma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/11/06/storm.paloma/index.html#cnnSTCTextA tropical storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Thursday in the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said.Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:57:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850451,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850451,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA friendly judge tossed out sexual-abuse allegations against the Nicaraguan leader, but Latin America's feminists won't let the matter rest Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/soccer_america/08/27/playoff.chase/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/soccer_america/08/27/playoff.chase/index.htmlAdd another variable to the perplexing task of predicting which MLS team is best suited to running the gauntlet of playoff matches that determine the league champion: attrition from yet another competition.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/07/23/heroes.schweidenback/index.html#cnnSTCText"The thought that I can reach out and permanently improve someone's life for the better is addictive," says Dave Schweidenback.Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:06:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819384,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819384,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.S. imports of Venezuelan oil and oil products fell by 11.7 percent to a five-year low in the first four months of the year, the U.S. government said MondayTue, 01 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/13/spain.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/13/spain.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCTextA suspected arms dealer accused of conspiring to sell weapons to Colombian guerrillas was extradited Friday from Spain to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said.Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/31/honduras.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/31/honduras.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive people died and more than 80 were injured when a commercial airliner overshot the runway into an adjoining street, crushing three vehicles and splitting into three sections before resting a few feet from a house, officials said.Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/05/13/hurricane.names/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/05/13/hurricane.names/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree names -- Dean, Felix and Noel -- were permanently retired from the list of Atlantic hurricane names after storms bearing those monikers in 2007 caused damage in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and elsewhere, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.Tue, 13 May 2008 20:32:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738460,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738460,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe country's ex-Marxist president says that the economic basket case can become the bread basket of Latin America, precisely because its farms are so backwardThu, 08 May 2008 17:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/06/nic.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/06/nic.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTextNicaragua President Daniel Ortega said Thursday that the nation is breaking relations with Colombia "in solidarity with the Ecuadoran people." Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/11/eric.volz.interview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/11/eric.volz.interview/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree weeks after he was released from a Nicaraguan prison where he spent more than a year of his life, 28-year-old Eric Volz says it's still hard to feel free.Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/09/ex.cia.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/01/09/ex.cia.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCTextPhilip B. Agee, the former CIA agent who broke with the agency 40 years ago and then published a book about it, has died in Havana, Cuba's state-run newspaper Granma reported Wednesday.Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/21/nicaragua.volz/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/21/nicaragua.volz/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American man held in a Nicaraguan jail was released Friday and left the country, four days after a court overturned his conviction on charges of murdering his former girlfriend. Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/eco.geothermal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/eco.geothermal/index.html#cnnSTCTextMost people have an inkling that if you drilled down to the Earth's core, it would feel pretty hot down there -- around 5,500 degrees Celsius (9,932 degrees Fahrenheit) to be precise, in fact, according to Greenpeace. (Nearer the Earth's surface, however it is a more bearable 10-16 degrees Celsius (50-60 degrees F) all year round.) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:40:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gene_menez/10/29/heismanwatch.1029/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/gene_menez/10/29/heismanwatch.1029/index.htmlFatal laptop issues and a business trip to Nicaragua (yes, I know there's no college football in Nicaragua) have conspired to produce an abridged Heisman Watch this week. Some of you may think it's an improvement.Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660500,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660500,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsVisits with Ahmadinejad and an expensive seaport project are just a few signs of a growing alliance between the Central American nation and Washington's nemesisMon, 10 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/06/felix/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/06/felix/index.html#cnnSTCTextRescuers searched for survivors of Hurricane Felix on Thursday as the death toll from the powerful storm rose to nearly 100, according to The Associated Press.Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/05/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/05/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTextHurricane Felix has killed 21 people in Nicaragua and another 200 were missing, said the U.S. military's Southern Command, citing Nicaraguan officials.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/06/felix.henriette.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/06/felix.henriette.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextNicaragua emergency chief Ramon Arnesto Soza said Thursday the death toll in Nicaragua from Hurricane Felix has risen to more than 40.Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:33:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsHurricane Henriette threatened Mexico's mainland Wednesday, while the weakening remnants of Hurricane Felix dumped heavy rain over Central AmericaWed, 05 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/04/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/04/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTextFelix was barely clinging to hurricane status Tuesday, but the storm still posed a "major flood threat" and could dump as much as 2 feet of rain in some areas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/03/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/03/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTextHurricane Felix increased in strength in the early hours of Tuesday as it barreled toward Central America, where it is expected to come ashore along the Nicaragua-Honduras border.Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/02/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/weather/09/02/storm.felix/index.html#cnnSTCTextHurricane Felix has grown to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm packing winds up to 165 mph (270 kph), the National Hurricane Center said late Sunday.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/06/29/floss.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/06/29/floss.jobs/index.html#cnnSTCText1. FilibusterFri, 13 Jul 2007 10:38:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399200/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/02/05/8399200/index.htm1. Mexico Rapid approval of the 2007 budget, a well-targeted anti-crime initiative, and the launch of new social programs could boost Felipe Calderón's presidential credibility and support.Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:51:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/01/raman.btsc/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/01/raman.btsc/index.htmlOn Sunday, just two days before the U.S. midterm elections, the man President Reagan called the "Little Dictator," the man involved in a civil war that left tens of thousands dead, the man who brought massive economic devastation to Nicaragua, could become that nation's leader again.Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/22/panama.canal/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/22/panama.canal/index.htmlWith most of the votes counted, about 80 percent of Panamanians appeared Sunday to have approved a $5 billion plan to widen the Panama Canal.Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/22/eta.background/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/22/eta.background/index.htmlThe Basque separatist group ETA has been fighting for an independent Basque state in northern Spain since 1968.Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/27/rapalo.capture/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/27/rapalo.capture/index.htmlRecaptured serial rape suspect Reynaldo Elias Rapalo was ordered held without bond Tuesday at a Miami jail different from the one where he made his escape.Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/11/14/thescene.getinvolved.central/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/11/14/thescene.getinvolved.central/index.htmlSend us your tips, words, photos and videos to thescene@cnn.com, or text "SCENE" plus your comments to +44 7786 20 40 60. Remember to include your name and the city/country where you live.Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/30/beta.hurricane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/30/beta.hurricane/index.htmlHurricane Beta's heavy rains drenched Nicaragua and Honduras Sunday afternoon as the weakening storm moved inland following an early morning landfall with 105 mph (170 km/hr) winds.Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/28/beta/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/28/beta/index.htmlHundreds of villagers on a tiny Caribbean island hiked into the mountains Friday, fleeing a powerful tropical storm that engulfed Providencia in heavy winds and rain.Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:19:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269669/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/08/01/8269669/index.htmWith its beaches, golf courses, cuba libres, and rock-solid social-security system, it's no wonder that Costa Rica is luring American executives who want an alternative to Indian outsourcing. After...Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/05/01/8257851/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/05/01/8257851/index.htmLibya. Rwanda. Croatia. Nicaragua. We expect to see these names on the evening news, not travel brochures. A war or another well-publicized horror can keep tourists away for generations, but these ...Sun, 01 May 2005 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/04/22/pf/rediscovery_0505/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/04/22/pf/rediscovery_0505/index.htmLibya. Rwanda. Croatia. Nicaragua. We expect to see these names on the evening news, not travel brochures.Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/latin.america/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/24/latin.america/index.htmlWhen Gen. Omar Halleslevens was installed Monday in Managua as chief of the Nicaraguan army, the U.S. government was represented by a mere major at the change-of-command ceremony.Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/sotu.reagan1985.3/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/sotu.reagan1985.3/index.htmlJust as we're positioned as never before to secure justice in our economy, we're poised as never before to create a safer, freer, more peaceful world. Our alliances are stronger than ever. Our economy is stronger than ever. We have resumed our historic role as a leader of the free world. And all of these together are a great force for peace.Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/29/securing.vote/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/10/29/securing.vote/index.htmlThe terrorist bombs in Madrid just days before elections are a factor in Chesterfield County, Virginia's, decision to station armed police at polling places on Election Day.Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:31:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377388/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/08/01/377388/index.htmIt's every surfer's dream to own a stretch of beach in front of some great surfing spot. Matt Sumner found his while cruising Nicaragua's southern Pacific coast. Sumner wants to keep the exact loca...Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/01/pf/millionaire/rp_knoxwolfe/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/01/pf/millionaire/rp_knoxwolfe/index.htmBEND, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Diana and Ken Knox Wolfe kicked off their around-the-world adventure nearly a decade ago when they took their first teaching jobs abroad.Mon, 01 Mar 2004 22:07:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/05/01/341960/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2003/05/01/341960/index.htmThey have trippy, hip-hop names like Def Sea, Star Monkey, and Extra Ordinary Larry. They're infused with unlikely concoctions of coffee, herbs, and essential oils. And as cigars go, they look, wel...Thu, 01 May 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/23/307369/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/23/307369/index.htmTen years ago, while on a cruise off Italy's southern coast, I saw my first volcano. The announcement that we were passing it came during the boozy roar of the second dinner seating. I was the only...Mon, 23 Jul 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/04/01/299320/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/04/01/299320/index.htmEarlier this year, El Salvador adopted the U.S. dollar as its official currency, joining a growing band of Latin American nations that are "dollarizing" to fight inflation and attract foreign inves...Sun, 01 Apr 2001 05:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/07/05/262407/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/07/05/262407/index.htmDevil Take the Hindmost by Edward Chancellor Farrar Straus & Giroux, 368 pages Mon, 05 Jul 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/09/28/248695/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/09/28/248695/index.htmI've led and worked on projects in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. And I've found that international experience, decision-making authority, and sound ju...Mon, 28 Sep 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/13/232493/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/13/232493/index.htmGood rum has never gotten the consideration it deserves. In the U.S. we drink more rum than we do Scotch--about half a liter a year, per capita. But much of that is in hideous concoctions with frui...Mon, 13 Oct 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/13/76624/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/13/76624/index.htmThe possibility that this year's presidential election will turn into a Woody Allen movie hit home quite suddenly the other day, when we first tuned in on the Bernie Sanders scenario. The scenario,...Mon, 13 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/10/74014/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/10/74014/index.htmThough you won't get much of a clue from recent news coverage, the Middle East is not the world's only trouble spot. Hundreds have died in ethnic clashes in Sri Lanka and India. The drug war contin...Mon, 10 Sep 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/04/23/73402/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/04/23/73402/index.htmThe present writer has long tended to twitch uncontrollably any time somebody speaks warmly of Jimmy Carter, so he has been more spastic than usual lately. Esteemwise -- there is no denying it -- J...Mon, 23 Apr 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/11/72428/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/09/11/72428/index.htmA fortnight ago, we were dwelling heavily on the curious unwillingness of the New York Times to label certain congressional Democrats ''left wing.'' Having raised this prickly subject, we feel it w...Mon, 11 Sep 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/06/05/72038/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/06/05/72038/index.htmUnder American law, you are ineligible for public assistance if you have as little as $1,000 in financial assets. Although occasionally denounced as excessively hard-nosed, the requirement is all t...Mon, 05 Jun 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/05/08/71929/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/05/08/71929/index.htmOkay, the word above is not pretty. It does not roll trippingly off the tongue. But friends, we need a label for the omnipresent media mafiosi who go around casting left-liberal ideas as ''pragmati...Mon, 08 May 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70452/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70452/index.htmNow that Taking Jackson Seriously has been declared the main media event of the fortnight, let us sidle up to a quite serious problem about this man. It is a problem that hardly ever gets alluded t...Mon, 25 Apr 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/14/70286/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/14/70286/index.htmA fortnight ago, we were groaning in this space about the curious fact that modern liberals -- unlike liberals of earlier years -- are powerfully biased against defense. The occasion for the groan ...Mon, 14 Mar 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/29/70252/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/29/70252/index.htmFor various technical reasons, this Keeping Up column had to be locked up early, so the fellow currently slumped over the keyboard is somewhat disadvantaged when it comes to interpreting the big vo...Mon, 29 Feb 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/01/18/70080/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/01/18/70080/index.htmHere is the way the issue is framed in The Kingdom Divided, a ''special report'' on God and Politics that was lately brought to the tube by Bill Moyers, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and...Mon, 18 Jan 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/01/04/70026/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/01/04/70026/index.htm''No foundation. All the way down the line.'' Those words are from William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life (1939), where they kept getting muttered moodily by a certain character complaining about ...Mon, 04 Jan 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/28/69572/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/28/69572/index.htmAmazing phenomenon, the Chautauqua conferences. Resting on premises that are totally and obviously false, they nevertheless irresistibly attract thousands of Americans who do not seem to have been ...Mon, 28 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/28/69568/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/28/69568/index.htmExcept for the author's opinions on substantive issues, Tip O'Neill's memoirs make marvelous reading. The former Speaker is a great storyteller, and like Jimmy Durante he has a million of them -- i...Mon, 28 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/04/13/68912/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/04/13/68912/index.htmSoviet expansionism has got certain Washington lawmakers seeing red, but the battlefield is not Afghanistan or Nicaragua. It's Western capital markets. Short of hard currency because of the drop in...Mon, 13 Apr 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/13/68172/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/13/68172/index.htmDo economic sanctions work? Not against South Africa, says President Reagan, so he will probably veto a bill Congress has sent him that would impose sanctions -- mainly bans on certain imports and ...Mon, 13 Oct 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66937/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66937/index.htmMatters. Who Could Be Fairer Than Us? When arguing that the establishment media have a liberal bias, as we will doubtless again be doing in about four lines, it is generally a good idea to keep the...Mon, 06 Jan 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/05/27/65888/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/05/27/65888/index.htmSandinista leader Daniel Ortega was shopping for economic aid in Eastern Europe when President Reagan declared the actions of the Nicaraguan government a threat to U.S. security and ordered a cutof...Mon, 27 May 1985 04:01:00 EDT