NICARAGUA
(See also Mayangna [Language]; Miskito [Language])
Chief Nicarao (1500’s): g 12/11 21
description: g 9/15 12-13; yb03 67-68, 72, 136-137
earthquakes:
Managua (1972): yb03 84-85
Hurricane Mitch (1998): yb03 136
uncovers archaeological finds: g99 6/22 29
Lake Nicaragua: g 9/15 12; w09 9/1 25-27
languages: g 9/15 13
maps: yb03 73
name: g 9/15 13
robbery:
use of snakes: g97 3/22 29
Sandinistas: lfs article 9
volcanoes:
Cerro Negro erupts (1968, 1971): yb03 135-136
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: w08 9/1 16-17; yb03 97-98
Assembly Halls: yb06 27
ban (1952-1953): kr 142-143; yb03 74-75, 80
Bethel family: yb03 132-133
blood issue:
Hospital Liaison Committees: yb03 147-148
Branch Committee: yb03 82, 118, 133, 148
branch office: jv 364
closed down (1982): yb03 92-93
Managua (1946): yb03 74, 80, 85
Managua (1974): yb03 81, 86-87
Managua (1991): yb03 132-133
Ticuantepe (under construction): yb03 149
translation: w09 11/1 24; yb09 10-11; w07 11/1 19-20
branch office having oversight:
Costa Rica (1982-1990): yb03 116-117
Mexico (2010- ): yb13 12-13; w12 8/15 16
branch servants: yb03 74
clergy opposition: yb03 74-75, 77-78
congregations: yb03 82-84, 86, 128, 130-131, 137-139, 149
conventions: yb09 10; yb03 91-92, 146-147
Country Committee: yb03 94, 97, 103-104, 108, 116-118, 132-133
courts:
Supreme Court upholds freedom of worship and speech (1953): kr 142-143; yb03 75
during revolution (late 1970’s): yb03 88-90
early witnessing: yb03 69-71, 74, 80, 137; jv 535
growth: yb03 69, 71, 74, 80-81, 86, 130-131, 133, 137-138, 148-149; jv 364
Kingdom Halls: w09 9/1 27; yb03 83-84, 97, 102-103, 133-135, 148-149
floating: w09 9/1 26-27
legal matters:
International Mission status (1996): yb03 134-135; yb97 15
legal registration (1990): yb03 81, 134
petitions to reregister ignored (1981): yb03 90-91
meetings: yb03 69-71, 86, 97
in prison: yb03 125
Memorial: w15 2/15 32; yb03 74, 127-128, 138-139, 144-145, 149
Ministerial Training School graduates: yb03 145
minority-language field: g 9/15 13
Mayangnan people: yb07 20-21
Miskito people: yb09 10-11; yb03 137, 139
missionaries: lfs article 9; yb03 69-71, 74-78, 80, 87-89, 91-94, 132-133, 145; jv 364, 461, 535
expelled (1982): yb03 92-94; yb88 246-248
missionary homes: yb03 74, 77-78
modern history: yb03 67-149
neutrality: yb03 99-108
persecution:
arrests: yb03 99-103
arrests and deportations: yb03 90-95
forced into combat zone: yb03 105-106
harassment by CDS groups: yb03 96-97, 103, 107-108
properties confiscated: yb03 102-103, 133-135
persons:
Alemán, Alfonso: yb03 83-84
Alemán, Antonio and Adela: yb03 130-131
Alvarado, Nelson: yb03 114
Bendaña, Claudia: yb03 118-119
Beteta, Consuelo: yb03 115
Block, Kevin and Ruby: yb03 88-90, 93
Brian, Kenneth and Sharan: yb03 87-88, 132
Call, William Eugene: yb03 70, 74
Castro, Arnoldo and Adelina: yb03 70-71
Duncan, Harold and Evelyn: yb03 69-70
Espinoza, Omar Antonio: yb03 122-123, 126-127
Gaitán, Giovanni: yb03 105-107, 112-113
Geiselman, Wilbert and Ann: yb03 69-70
González, Luis Antonio: yb03 148
Gurdián, Teodosio: yb03 141-145
Hunter, Ian: yb03 92-94, 132, 148
Joya, Alfonso: yb03 116-117
Lee, Forrest: w01 3/1 24-25
López, Húber and Telma: yb03 99-102, 131
López, José de la Cruz: yb03 121-122, 124-129
López, Rosalío: yb03 130-131
Martínez, Emerson: yb03 119
Mendoza, Anastasio Ramón: yb03 121, 123, 126-130
Mihank, Lothar and Carmen: yb03 133, 148
Montiel, Juana: yb03 114-115
Moore, Marguerite Foster: yb03 88
Niehoff, Doris: yb03 76-77
Núñez, Julio: yb03 125-126, 128
Obregón, Joel and Nila: yb03 103
Obregón, Lorenzo: yb03 70-71
Paiz, Félix Pedro: yb03 94, 98, 102
Ponce, Guillermo: yb03 104, 111-112, 118
Porter, Sydney and Phyllis: yb03 75-76, 94, 137
Reed, Andrew and Miriam: yb03 90-91
Sánchez, Edmundo and Elda: yb03 110-111, 119-120
Sánchez, Evaristo and Dora: yb03 70-71, 74
Sequeira, Agustín: yb03 77-79, 82, 117-118, 148
Solís, Gilberto and María Cecilia: yb03 82-84
Solís, María Elsa: yb03 82-84
Thompson, Reiner and Jeanne: yb03 93-94
Toruño, Felipe: yb03 111-112
Urban, Elfriede: lfs article 9; yb03 89
Wallace, Francis: yb03 69-70
Wallace, Jane: yb03 70
Wallace, William: yb03 69-70
Widdy, Omar: yb03 112
pioneers: yb03 69-71, 82, 104, 107, 131, 138, 145-146
special pioneers: yb07 20-21; yb03 82-84
temporary specials: yb03 81, 138-140
places:
La Cruz de Río Grande: ijwex article 17
Lake Nicaragua: w09 9/1 26-27
León: lfs article 9; yb03 77, 135-136
Managua: yb03 69-71, 74, 76, 84-86, 116-117, 125, 128, 130, 132, 146
Masaya: lfs article 9
Matagalpa: yb03 77-79, 82
Ometepe Island: w09 9/1 27; yb03 83-84
RAAN and RAAS (eastern zone): yb03 136-140
Río Grande de Matagalpa: ijwex article 17
Tipitapa: w17.11 2
Wamblán: w08 9/1 16-17; yb03 141-145
printing underground: yb03 108-115, 118-120
relief from home and abroad:
earthquake (1972): yb03 85-86; jv 311; yb88 238-239
flood (2017): ijwex article 17
Hurricane Mitch (1998): yb03 134, 136; g99 6/8 16-19
restricted (1982-1990): yb03 94-95, 132, 140
service experiences:
army captain who had killed Witness’ father: yb09 50-51
Awake! leads to symposiums in school: yb00 56
ex-soldier requests Bible study: yb96 60
interview with bishop: yb03 78-79, 82
pastor of evangelical church: yb03 141-145
prison: yb03 120-130
regional leaders of religious group: yb99 49
unassigned territory: yb96 60
serving where need is greater: yb03 145-146
traveling overseers: yb03 74-76
visits by—
Herd, S. F.: yb06 27