[1] In 1898 Nicaragua asked to buy the three largest ironclads in the Greek fleet, but Greece declined the offer.

[2] During the government of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement from 1981 led by Andreas Papandreou, Greek foreign relations turned from Americanization to a more anti-American stance.

[8] Pierre Calongeras had recently been appointed as the Greek ambassador to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and a study was conducted on potential goods for trade with Nicaragua.

[9] In June 2011 Samuel Santos Lopez the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister visited Athens to advance international socialism.

[10] Greek investor Peter Tsokos has purchased and sold a number of Nicaraguan islands claimed as communal lands in the South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region as part of a tourism project.