Ousted President Manuel Zelaya attempted to return to Honduras on Sunday, but coup leaders prevented his plane from landing by blocking an airport runway with military vehicles. The scene at the Honduran airport was chaotic as thousands of. . . READ FULL STORY

The 57-year-old Mayor of Managua (Nicaragua’s capital) and former three-time world boxing champion, Alexis Arguello, was found dead in his home Wednesday morning from a gunshot wound to his chest. There is speculation that the ex-boxing. . . READ FULL STORY

The Latin American Herald Tribune is reporting that Nicaragua has granted political exile to Peruvian Indian leader Alberto Pizango, Nicaraguan ambassador to Peru Tomás Borge told the press earlier this week. Pizango is accused by the Peruvian. . . READ FULL STORY

As if swine flu weren't enough to worry about, reports have been coming out of Nicaragua of another illness spreading. Referred to by locals as grisi siknis—which translated from the indigenous Miskito language means "crazy. . . READ FULL STORY