{"id":183112,"date":"2026-01-03T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/sin-categoria\/volcanes-a-little-piece-of-nicaragua-in-madrid\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:24:58","slug":"volcanes-a-little-piece-of-nicaragua-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/en\/english\/volcanes-a-little-piece-of-nicaragua-in-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcanes, a Little Piece of Nicaragua in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There is not a single corner of Volcanes that does not evoke Nicaragua. The half-finished mural painted on the wall to the left. The blue-and-white flags used as table centerpieces. The guardabarranco (Nicaragua\u2019s national bird) displayed alongside other national symbols on the wall to the right. The tangy, spicy aroma of the cabbage and carrot salad served with the fried potatoes offered as appetizers. And today, the sound of the marimba filling the air as traditional musician Emilio Guti\u00e9rrez\u2014who traveled from Masaya to Madrid\u2014strikes the first notes.      <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m in Nicaragua. I feel alive. I feel among my people,\u201d says Nicaraguan Milagros Pinel, known to her friends as Mila.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Mila is co-owner of the restaurant <a href=\"https:\/\/volcanes.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volcanes<\/a>, located at Calle del General Ram\u00edrez 14, in Madrid\u2019s Tetu\u00e1n district. A Nicaraguan migrant, she and her husband, Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez\u2014whom she met in Madrid, although both were born in Jalapa, Nueva Segovia\u2014began their entrepreneurial dream 13 years ago. <\/p>\n\n<p>The longing to return home, something only those who no longer live in their country fully understand, led them to create the restaurant. Carlos, tall and dark-skinned, learned to cook out of necessity. He left Nicaragua in 1997 at age 18, persuaded by neighbors who had migrated to Costa Rica and returned to their hometown on vacation.   <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThey told me to go with them, so I went along with the group,\u201d he recalls with a smile. <\/p>\n\n<p>In Costa Rica, where he lived for 11 years, he learned to cook to survive. He worked in restaurants and gradually developed a passion for what had begun as an obligation. In 2007, \u201ctired of the routine,\u201d he says, he migrated to Spain with the help of a sister. There he met Mila, a lawyer by profession, who had arrived in Spain in 2006 after losing her job. At the time, few Nicaraguans were arriving from so far away in search of opportunities their homeland denied them.     <\/p>\n\n<p>In 2006, the Nicaraguan community barely exceeded 2,000 people. By 2025, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ine.es\/jaxiT3\/Datos.htm?t=56937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than 93,905 Nicaraguan-born citizens were living in Spain<\/a>, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE).  <\/p>\n\n<p>Those early years were not easy, Carlos admits. Although he already had \u201cexperience\u201d as a migrant\u2014if such a thing exists\u2014and even though Spain shared his language, there were words, phrases, and slang he did not understand, which made him feel like he did not fully belong.<br\/>   <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThey would tell me, \u2018Bring me a trina,\u2019 and I didn\u2019t even know what that was,\u201d recalls Carlos, who initially worked as a waiter to survive in the new country. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Carlos Andr&#xE9;s P&#xE9;rez, owner of Volcanes. \" class=\"wp-image-180847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlos-Volcanes-480x360.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carlos Andr\u00e9s P\u00e9rez, 45, co-owner of the Volcanes 1 and 2 restaurant, shows two typical Nicaraguan dishes: tacos and mixed assortment. Photo: Confidencial <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-el-rugir-de-volcanes\"><strong>The Roar of Volcanes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Their longing to return to Nicaragua, even if only through its flavors, led them to open the restaurant. They chose the Cuatro Caminos neighborhood because it was where they themselves used to walk around, unsuccessfully searching for the taste of Nicaraguan dishes.  <\/p>\n\n<p>At the time, there were no Central American restaurants\u2014much less Nicaraguan ones\u2014so they settled for fried chicken with rice found in an Arab restaurant or Dominican food that, even if it wasn&#8217;t the same, reminded them somewhat of home. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIt was pure necessity,\u201d they say. <\/p>\n\n<p>Using the savings they accumulated during their first five years in Spain, along with loans from relatives and support from friends, they opened Volcanes. The name refers to the chain of volcanoes that runs along Nicaragua\u2019s Pacific region.  <\/p>\n\n<p>They decided to stay in Cuatro Caminos because many Central Americans visited the neighborhood\u2019s call centers (places for international calls and remittances) and because the Nicaraguan embassy was located there at the time. <\/p>\n\n<p>Soon the restaurant became popular within the Central American community, which shares many similar flavors. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Volcanes-2-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"Nicaraguan mural at Volcanes\" class=\"wp-image-180849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Volcanes-2-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Volcanes-2-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Volcanes-2-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Volcanes-2-480x314.jpg 480w, https:\/\/confidencial.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Volcanes-2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mural representing Nicaragua, featuring the Cathedral of Granada and the Mombacho volcano. Photo: Confidencial <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>\u201cIt filled up with Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, and Costa Ricans who also didn\u2019t have a place to eat and who missed the warmth, the accent, and the customs of Central America,\u201d Mila says while sipping a cup of coffee outside her business, because inside, the deafening sound of a marimba \u2014 that has been playing nonstop for about 20 minutes \u2014 fills the room. <br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s not only migrants who live in Madrid who come,\u201d adds Mila, who keeps an eye on the restaurant\u2019s tables. There have even been cases of compatriots living in the United States or elsewhere in Europe who take advantage of a stop in Spain to return home, if only for a moment, in this small corner of Nicaragua. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve met people who come straight in to touch the mural and say they feel like they\u2019re in their country. Others tell me, \u2018Carlos, this restaurant isn\u2019t yours\u2014it belongs to all of us,\u2019\u201d her husband says proudly. <\/p>\n\n<p>The business has grown so much that a few years ago they opened a second location, in Madrid\u2019s Ciudad Lineal district, at 1 Calle Movinda. Prices range from two euros for a repocheta to 18.50 euros for a \u201cvolc\u00e1n,\u201d a platter featuring assorted meats, gallo pinto, salad, fried plantains, and cassava.  <\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cPeople come from far away because they want to reconnect with themselves,\u201d Carlos adds. \u201cEven though we don\u2019t know our customers, we feel like brothers and sisters. We greet each other like family.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<p>All it takes is the first spoonful of gallo pinto to feel, if only for a moment, as though you are sitting at the dining table in your own home; the first sip of cacao drink with milk, or the first drink from a can of To\u00f1a\u2014Nicaragua\u2019s traditional beer\u2014brings back memories of gatherings with friends, hot summer streets, the sound of cumbias, and the laughter at local jokes that need no explanation. In just a single dinner, one returns home, even though we are more than 8,500 kilometers away.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is not a single corner of Volcanes that does not evoke Nicaragua. The half-finished mural painted on the wall to the left. The blue-and-white flags used as table centerpieces. The guardabarranco (Nicaragua\u2019s national bird) displayed alongside other national symbols on the wall to the right. 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