PRONicaragua

The Central Bank of Nicaragua recently revealed that the country’s free zones sector generated 9,355 new jobs during 2011, reaching a total of 100,374 employment positions filled to date.

Globeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), an emerging markets power generation company, announced the acquisition of the 44 MW Eolo wind turbines project in Nicaragua.

PRONicaragua stood out with the best results among all investment promotion agencies in the world in the 2012 Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking, recently published by the World Bank.

International Living’s website included Nicaragua in the ranking of the five towns where you can “live better for less”, highlighting Granada as the ultimate retirement hotspot.

A Nicaraguan delegation will be visiting the state of Georgia with the purpose of fostering a closer business relationship and an active commercial exchange between Nicaragua and the aforementioned state.

The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), in its recently published 2012 Annual Footwear Sourcing Forecast, showcased Nicaragua as a “rising star” with great potential to increase its footwear exports to the U.S.

The Government of Nicaragua recently revealed that the country received US$967.9 million in foreign direct investment during 2011, a new record for the country in FDI inflows and a 91 percent growth when compared to 2010.

Nicaragua was recently ranked one of the most attractive countries for clean energy investments in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 2012 Climatescope Report published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

The Nicaraguan Tourism Board organized a national event from March 2nd to the 12th to promote skydiving in the country’s tourism hotspots.

Nicaragua will be hosting an international footwear investment forum during June 13th and 14th, where participants will have the opportunity to learn why Nicaragua has become an increasingly competitive footwear production platform.