Nicaragu The Country Without Clean Water

Nicaragua is very unique in many different ways! It’s located near the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Honduras and Costa Rica border this country. “Nicaragua’s land of beaches is lapped by sparkling seawater, deep forests, long winding rivers, colonial cities, ancient sites thousands of years old, and a huge freshwater lake- the only lake in the world with sharks in it” (Shields 9). This country includes beautiful landscapes, mild climate, republic form of government, low finances, distinctive culture, and many interesting facts.

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, but is also full of history, tradition and life. It is known for its great folk music, deep heritage and culture. Nicaragua is hidden jewel with warm, gorgeous culture and breathtaking nature. It is surrounded by its incredible history, culture and nature.

One of the first areas in Latin America to be affected by the Cuban Revolution was the small Central American country of Nicaragua. Cuba prior to the Cuban Revolution, was under a dictator and many people lived in poverty, and in the 1960s Nicaragua was faced with same problem. The fact that Cuba was successful in their revolution, inspired the Nicaraguan Revolution. Nicaragua like Cuba had undergone major economical expansions, but these expansions only benefited a small portion of the population. According to John A., Booth, Wade, Christine

“The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the United States government.” (Daniel Ortega 1974) As has been discussed throughout the semester thus far many countries throughout Latin America have experienced a political revolution in some way, shape, or form. In the early 1970’s Nicaragua joined the long list of Latin American countries to experience a revolution when the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (FSLN) lead by Daniel Ortega successfully overthrew the Somoza dynasty. Many people often times have a misconception of what exactly a political revolution

Anastasio Somoza Garcia was one of Sacasa’s subordinates. He was the head of the Nicaraguan National Guardsmen. In 1936, with the aid of the United States, the National Guardsmen overthrew Sacasa. The United States was instrumental in the efforts to overthrow Sacasa through providing food, training, and uniforms to the National Guardsmen. On January 1, 1937, Anastasio Somoza Garcia assumed the title of President of Nicaragua. The Somoza family dynasty remained in power for the next 46 years.

Most of the Nicaraguans speak Spanish. A lot of Nicaragua's people are poor and are farmers for a living. Peasants that live in the Pacific Region work on their own farms, state farms, or on large private farms. Farmers who tend to live in warmer areas typically live in houses with palm or metal roofs. Farmers who live in colder areas typically live in adobe houses with tile roofs (Euraque).

On various sides, it is borded by the Pacific Ocean, Honduras, the Atlantic Ocean, and Costa Rica. Lake Nicaragua is a large fresh body of water south of the mountains, which is over 3,000 square feet in size. The country boasts many natural rivers, streams, and waterways. Historically, Nicaragua’s political geography has been divided by regions. For instance, Leon is in the larger district of Region II and Boaco in Region V. (Rumney,

A documentary is informative if it tells you new and interesting information about the topic the documentary is on. “Finding Home: Utah's Refugee Story” is informative because it tells the audience interesting information like how you have to go through an interview to become an American citizen ( "Apply for Citizenship" 1 ). “Living Without Water: Contamination Nation” is equally as informative because it too gives interesting information on its topic.

In 1967, a man known as Anastasio Somoza, was announced as president. Since his father, Somoza Garcia, was already disliked it did not help him at all when he was announced president. Anastasio let the power of being president get over his head and eventually enriched himself. In civilians eyes he was corrupt and he proved that when an earthquake hit Nicaragua. He had declared to use the “emergency powers” and while that took place he headed a different direction. He decided to steal the aid coming in for Nicaragua for himself. This was one of the main reasons why the Sandinista Revolution came to be, known as the Sandinista National Liberation Front. The Sandinistas did not believe that the message they were trying to get towards the Nicaraguan business negotiators so they decided to take things into their own hands and measures. This lead to the kidnapping of certain powerful people in politics to make a statement towards them. the Sandinistas continued to revolt towards the regime and started to gain support of Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Cuba. This continuation of fighting the regime went on until the middle of 1979, when the Somoza Rule had lost power of Nicaragua. The Sandinistas gained control of the new government of Nicaragua. Once the Sandinistas gained control of Nicaragua, drastic changes took place. Somoza had decided to run for president even though it was unconstitutional. The Constitution states that the terms of presidency is only 2 terms as is in the United States, but Somoza did not care and ran presidency again as a third term. The economy went down after that as well. The Sandinistas had at first thought of helping the people but power made them see and showed them how to use it in a different

US foreign policy towards Nicaragua was one built upon the idea that the US came first. This policy has a long history in South America, especially in Nicaragua. In the early 1900’s the US engaged in a number of small military activities in order to protect US interest and US business. These military interventions lead to US occupation in 1909, 1912, and 1927. In each of these cases the United States sought to uphold or aid more conservative movements of the Nicaraguan government to ensure favorable business relations with the state. Some of which included occupying Nicaragua with a small military force. As long Nicaraguans policies remained beneficial to the United States, the US stayed out of Nicaraguan affairs and cared little about the type of government or how that said government acted . It was during this time that the Somoza family was able to rise to power and create a

Because of the devastating 6.2 earthquake in Nicaragua and the 5.0 and 5.2 aftershocks on December 23rd, 1972, the U.S. government has began to send funds and aid because we felt the urge to help all of the homeless, hurt, and poor people of the new and disimproved Nicaragua. Some might argue that sending the Nicaraguans our money and aid is a bad choice because they are communist or because we are doing it for other reasons such as to get things out of helping but this isn’t the first time we have sent finances and medical aid to Nicaragua, the U.S. and Nicaragua have been involved with each other over the past many years now. We have also tried to help them with the rebel contras groups.

Hurricane Maria has affected 3.4 million US citizens. And completely destroying about half of their houses beyond repair. Because most of the buildings are destroyed and there is a lot of dirty, unuseable water has flooded the small island. The water has gone every where, in the sewers, the plumbing, and the drinking water supply. Because they have little to no clean water lots of people are getting sick or dehydrated. On top of having little to no drinking water, the plumbing is

Thank you Kao. Today I’ll tell you about society in Nicaragua. I know almost every people in this class don’t know about Nicaraguan. So I will tell you about it. First, Nicaraguan’s Official Language is Spanish but sometime you will heard English and indigenous language on the Caribbean coast. Religion that the most people in Nicaragua believe is Roman Catholic. People who live in Nicaragua are able to enjoying living in it with low cost of living in combination with high quality. You will see the life with shady forest, sunny slopes and breezy dells. When you came to Nicaragua it have the most famous plates that you can’t miss. It call Gallo Pinto. It’s composed of a mixture of fried rice with onion and sweet pepper, red bean boiled with garlic.

Nicaragua is a beautiful place which relies heavily on tourists to visit the country but, “perhaps the main reason nicaragua tourism is on the rise is because of the variety of beautiful beaches along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua...featuring gentle waves that are perfect for a day of swimming and fishing”(Things to do in Nicaragua). Relying on the tourism is not covering up the fact that 42.5% of people in Nicaragua are living below the poverty line some living on less than a dollar per day and 75.8% living on less than two dollars. Part of the reason people move to a country that pays more is because one Nicaraguan Cordoba equals

Nicaraguans also faced a life expectancy of fifty-three years and routinely died from illnesses that could have easily been treated and monitored. Half of the population was illiterate and thirty percent of the nation’s income went to five percent of the population whilst fifteen percent was spread across fifty percent. These were just a few of the conditions which prompted the Sandinista’s into action and would eventually determine their political promises and platform. The developmental programs and policies they enacted were directly in response to these facts and were meant to improve the lives of their nation’s poorest people.