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1,500 Nicaraguan farmers stay put despite volcano warning

PHOTO | HECTOR RETAMAL A man walks in the surroundings of the San Cristobal volcano (background L) in Chonco, Chinandega, 150 km from Managua, on December 26, 2012.

CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua

Some 1,500 farmers living on the slopes of the San Cristobal volcano refused to leave Wednesday, despite being ordered to evacuate as the volcano spewed gas, sand and ash.

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