 | October 14 - Ambassador Callahan's remarks at the 2009 Marine Ball |
 | November 12 - Ambassador Callahan inaugurated "La Empresa Creativa – Creative Enterprise", a national competition held by Peace Corps that aims to promote entrepreneurship among Nicaraguan high school students. The 11 groups taking part this year will compete in categories such as best enterprise, most creative product or service, and best business plan. |
 | October 28 - Speech by Ambassador Callahan at AMCHAM reception on his first year in Nicaragua |
 | October 14 - Mr Orlando Padrón hands over Jackie Robinson Stadium’s brand new electronic board to Marlon Torres, Director of Nicaragua’s National Sports Institute. During the ceremony were present U.S. Ambassador Robert J. Callahan, Managua’s Professional Baseball team President Bayardo Arce and Director Ajax Delgado. |
 | October 7 - U.S. Ambassador Robert J. Callahan inaugurated an agricultural school in Mozonte, Nueva Segovia. The school was established by the Adventist Development Relief Agency, under USAID’s Food Security Program. In addition to the school, a credit program was established in June 2009 for producers through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ADRA and “Fondo de Desarrollo para la Mujer” (Women’s Development Fund), creating a credit fund with a total contribution $240,000. |
 | October 2 - U.S. Ambassador Robert J. Callahan and Acting Mission Director Sharon Carter inaugurated a USAID-funded bean processing facility that will benefit more than 3,200 bean producers. The $650,000 facility is the largest infrastructure built by the ACORDAR project, USAID/Nicaragua’s agriculture Global Development Alliance (GDA) activity, implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and an alliance of 20 project partners. |
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