People often say about Nicaragua that if you come for a day you’ll never return but if you stay for a month you’ll never leave.”

That’s the view of Tim Rogers, 31, editor of the Nica Times, the country’s fledgling English-language newspaper. Originally from the Boston suburbs but for the past three years a resident of the compact colonial city of Granada, he now falls neatly into the second category. And more foreigners seem to be joining him each day.