From a low-flying plane, southern Nicaragua's tropical rain forest looks as if it had been subject to saturation bombing.

He was detected flying forty nautical miles west of Blue- fields in southern Nicaragua about ten minutes ago, We have no other information.

In October 1987, however, the contras staged a successful attack in southern Nicaragua.

The earthquake was felt all over Costa Rica as well as in southern central Nicaragua.

This system was active for less than two days but may have briefly attained tropical storm intensity as it made landfall in southern Nicaragua.

González disembarked with the main body of the army, and marched northwest along the coast and into southern Nicaragua.

A. One of the C-123 flights was shot down over southern Nicaragua.

Sandinista officials acknowledge that the rebels, also known as contras, enjoy widespread popular support in southern Nicaragua.

Contras also appear to have been guilty of abuses in southern Nicaragua.

The plan envisions a privately built $1.6 billion rail link across southern Nicaragua.