Governments on the WWW: Nicaragua

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Nicaragua [ Nicaragua ]

Official language: Spanish

National Institutions:

• Presidencia de la Republica [Presidency of the Republic]
• Vicepresidencia de la Republica [Vice-Presidency of the Republic]
• Asamblea Nacional [National Assembly]
• Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal (MAGFOR) [Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry]
  • Instituto Nicaragüense de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) [Nicaraguan Institute of Agricultural Technology]
• Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (MIFIC) [Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce]
  • Instituto Nicaragüense de Apoyo a la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (INPYME) [Nicaraguan Institute of Support for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises]
• Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deportes (MECD) [Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport]
• Ministerio del Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales (MARENA) [Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources]
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MINREX) [Ministry of External Relations]
  • Secretaría de Relaciones Económicas y Cooperación (SREC) [Secretariat of Economic Relations and Cooperation]
• Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público (MHCP) [Ministry of Finance and Public Credit]
  • Dirección General de Ingresos (DGI) [General Directorate of Revenues]
  • Dirección General de Servicios Aduaneros (DGA) [General Directorate of Customs Services]
• Ministerio de Salud [Ministry of Health]
• Ministerio de Gobernación [Ministry of the Interior]
  • Policía Nacional [National Police]
• Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura (MTI) [Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure]
• Instituto Nacional Tecnológico (INATEC) [National Technological Institute]
• Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INEC) [National Institute of Statistics and Census]
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Turismo (INTUR) [Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism]
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Energía (INE) [Nicaraguan Institute of Energy]
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguros y Reaseguros (INISER) [Nicaraguan Institute of Insurances and Reinsurances]
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (INAA) [Nicaraguan Institute of Aqueducts and Drains]
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Fomento Municipal (INIFOM) [Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development]
• Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER) [Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies]
• Superintendencia de Bancos y otras Instituciones Financieras [Superintendence of Banks and other Financial Institutions]
• Banco Central de Nicaragua [Central Bank of Nicaragua]
• Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) [Supreme Electoral Council]
• Corte Suprema de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice]

Representations in Foreign Countries:

• Embajada de Nicaragua en París, Francia [Embassy of Nicaragua in Paris, France]
• Misión Permanente de Nicaragua ante las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York [Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations in New York]

Political Parties:

• Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) [Sandinist Front of National Liberation]
• Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) [Constitutional Liberal Party]

Additional Information:

General Information:

• The World Factbook (by the CIA)
• Atlapedia Online (by Latimer Clarke Corporation)
• Information Please: Countries of the World (by Information Please LLC)

Political Information:

• Elections around the world (by Wilfried Derksen)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members (by the CIA)
• Political Leaders (by Roberto Ortíz de Zárate)
• World Statesmen (by Benjamin Cahoon)
• Political Resources on the Net (by Roberto Cicciomessere)
• The Political Reference Almanac (by Keynote Publishing Co.)
• Regents of the world (by Enno Schulz)

Information from Encyclopedias:

• Columbia Encyclopedia (by Columbia University Press)

Touristic Information:

• World Travel Guide (by Columbus Publishing Ltd.)
• Lonely Planet Destinations (by Lonely Planet Publications)

Information on Human Rights:

• Amnesty International Publications (by Amnesty International)
• Freedom in the World (by Freedom House, Inc.)

Other Information:

• Human Development Report (by United Nations Development Programme)
• Ethnologue: Languages of the World (by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.)
• Flags Of The World (by Giuseppe Bottasini, Rob Raeside, Mark Sensen and others)
• World Flag Database (by Graham Bartram)