Left homeless by Tropical Storm Cesar, Ramon Velasquez holds onto his daughter Judith, 2, who is sick, at a local school in Managua, Nicaragua, July 29, 1996. Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro has declared a state of emergency in Nicaragua after the storm left some 10,000 homeless and 3 people dead according to reports from Nicaragua's Emergency Committee.(AP Photo/Anita Baca)
While her mother washes the laundry in Lake Managua, 1-year-old Anna Pena takes a morning nap on the shore of Lake Managua in Puerto Momotombo, 45 miles northwest of Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday April 9, 1996. In the background is the almost perfectly cone-shaped volcano Momotombo, which has been inactive since 1863. Local volcanologists have informed that they have detected "abnormal" underground activity of Momotombo and that the activity appears to be increasing rapidly which is causing concern.(APPhoto/Anita Baca)
Antonio Mendoza, 8, reads a pamphlet about cholera at his home in La Grecia, 150 kilometers (93 miles) northwest of Managua, Friday, November 27, 1998. The Nicaraguan Ministry of Health has reported 332 cases of cholera in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. (AP Photo/Anita Baca)
Children sit under a mural calling for Nicaraguans to cast their ballots for candidates with the Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) in Jinotepe, some 21 miles south of the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. Nicaraguans who are 16 and over are eligible to vote in Sunday's national elections. Former President Daniel Ortega, who governed the nation in the 1980's, is the presidential candidate for the FSLN. (AP Photo/Anita Baca)
Nicaraguans leaving mudslide affected areas, cross the River Izapa where the bridge was washed 40 miles, (67kms) northwest of Managua, Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998. Mudslides buried several communities near Nicaragua's northwestern border with Honduras, killing at least 58 people, according to a local mayor. The mayor said only 57 of the 2,500 people living in 10 communities in the northwest had been accounted for by Saturday evening (AP Photo/Anita Baca)
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