A new water treatment plant is purifying Nicaragua’s polluted Lake Managua, helping residents. For decades, household sewage and industrial effluents generated by residents and farmers in northern ...

TIPITAPA: Looking tired and haggard, William Coronado pulls up before dawn with a boat full of fish on the muddy shore of Nicaragua's Lake Managua, a dumping ground for trash and waste. "The lake is ...

With its stunning mountain backdrop, the shores of Lake Managua look like a tranquil place to live. But many people living beside Nicaragua’s second largest lake, also known as Xolotlan Lake, are in ...

About 1800 years ago, a volcano in northern Nicaragua exploded. The crater formed by the eruption slowly filled like a rain barrel. Eventually the water rose high enough to warrant the title of lake.

Nicaraguan elementary school students are seen during their presentation of what they have learned through the "Uminoko" environmental study program in the country, in this photo provided by JICA's ...

Looking tired and haggard, William Coronado pulls up before dawn with a boat full of fish on the muddy shore of Nicaragua's Lake Managua, a dumping ground for trash and waste. "The lake is so polluted ...