Safe Drinking Water In Nicaragua

The Nicaraguan government is fair and balanced. Like the United States, Nicaragua has a republic form of government with three branches. The capital of Nicaragua is Managua. Nicaraguans pick their political parties, depending on their personalities. Daniel Ortega is the president of Nicaragua. As a result, this government promotes peace in Nicaragua.

The United States has been involved with funding and aiding Nicaragua in many different situations though the years after the Somoza assassination. From the devastating earthquake, to rebel Contra groups, the American government has tried relentlessly to spread capitalism in Nicaragua. The FSLN overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in its place. Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas have been successfully in control of the Nicaraguan government since 1979.

Thus, the Sandinista conception of democracy, which was never fully articulated prior to the 1979 Revolution, failed to meet expectations both within and outside of Nicaragua. Yet it would be unfair to call the democratization process in Nicaragua a complete failure. After pressure from foreign aid and from within the country, the Sandinistas held an election, which they won, in 1985. The creation of farmer and worker unions and organizations for students and women allowed people who had been denied the means of expressing themselves under Somoza an avenue by which Nicaraguans could lobby the government.

Nicaragua is surrounded by its beautiful nature including its incredible history. The name ‘Nicaragua’ came from a chief named Nicarao. He was chief to a digenous tribe that settled in Lake Nicaragua around late 1400’s and early 1500’s. In 1524 Hernandez de Cordoda was the first Spanish settler to live in the region of Granada on Lake Nicaragua and Leon Managua. Nicaragua gained its independents from Spain in 1821, making the country part of the Mexican Empire and becoming a member of independent Central American. Nicaragua became an independent republic.

Mexico’s water supply has been dwindling since the 1980s, when Mexico’s population more than doubled. The current problem is that the water provided to the Mexican public is not clean, as 70% of Mexico’s water bodies are contaminated. The general population is forced to try and make do with the water that they are provided with or find a private supplier who might supply cleaner water at a much higher price. The government has gone on to propose that water distribution be moved to the private sector, since the reforms needed to fix the water infrastructure would be too much for the central government. This would potentially allow for cleaner and cheaper water that what is currently provided by the Mexican government. This reform has been attempted in countries across the world, with little prevail.

In February 1990, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government crashed to defeat in a general election. It secured only 41% of the national vote compared with 55% for its conservative opponents.

Our project will discuss the unsanitary water in Latin America, which makes life a struggle for the native people. We will cover the origin of the water and how it affects the people. The presentation will have an aspect covering the factors that lead to the unsanitary water conditions. Statistics on health rates of people in taking the water, such as death and illness, will also be shown throughout. Every member of the audience will be given a handout of an interview conducted by us with a representative from Charity: Water on the lack of water in Guatemala.

Unclean water is a growing phenomenon that is immensely occurring in Latin America. Water is an important necessity in life. There are over 70 million people who have no access to clean water. Many families in Latin America cannot afford to send their children to school, so the children drop out of school to help work at the home. Many of the children who stay home to work walk for hours to get to the nearest water source, and most of the time, the water is unclean and not safe to drink. The unclean water is the only water accessible to families in Latin America. With the unclean water available, sanitation was not. It is very rare to find any form of sanitized water in most households in Latin America. Over 100 million people are not

In many water poor countries such as India and countries in the Middle East, influential water companies such as Nestle go in and take water from these areas to sell. This is also an issue that is taking place right in our backyard. The city of Sacramento, California is in its fourth year of a record drought- yet Nestle is still selfishly draining underground aquifers from the area without paying for it, only to sell it back to the same people to gain profit.

To the west and south of the central mountain range is a long strand of 40 volcanoes, a majority of which are active. These volcanoes are surrounded by low plains that extend from the Gulf of Fonseca to the Bay of Salinas and are separated from the mountains by the basin that contains Lakes Nicaragua, Managua, and Masaya. The eastern half of this country has low, level plains. The coastline is broken by river mouths, deltas, and fairly large coastal lagoons that contain coral reefs, small islands, cays, and banks that dot Nicaragua’s shelf, which is the widest in Central American. The physical location of Nicaragua offers the potential for economic growth and expansion directly related to the immediate location of the country which lies centrally between the United States and South America.

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

If I created a Flash Seminar, the topic would be about the lack of clean water in other countries of the world. This topic first peaked my interest this past summer when I was reading an article about the poor quality of the water in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was hosting the Olympic Games. Many people who swam in the water surrounding the Rio area contracted illnesses due to the amount of trash in the water. Even though Brazil had years and years to address the water situation, they never did. I would discuss the reason why Brazil didn’t clean up the water in the face of such an international event and the effect that the lack of action had on the athletes and tourists.

Here in the United States, most of us will go home and have clean drinking water. In countries such as Africa and parts of Europe, they don't have clean drinking water. Some of them will go home tonight and won't know when they will get their next drink of water. Some of them will have to walks many many miles just to go find water. An environmental issue facing our country and the world today is there is not clean water in some counties, some people have to travel far distances for water, and some people don't get water everyday.

The ability of the president to deprive citizens of their natural rights --and of the presidents near omnipotent power -- makes Nicaragua a questionable democracy and dormant oligarchy. The contemporary news and light history of corruption can lead an observer to believe their political efficacy to be misconstrued as there could be a lot of surreptitious and non-conspicuous activity. Nicaragua is, by concept, a democratic, participative and representative Republic due to its’ participatory elements (though not as much as the United States as it is seemingly closer to true

Few resources are essential to human survival. Access to clean water is the most critical of all. Water is a vital resource responsible for sustaining all life on earth. However, clean water is in short supply, but in high demand in all parts of the world. It is thought that most Americans have access to safe, affordable, clean water right from their taps. However, the media is uncovering the true nature of America’s deteriorating water situation. Americans have reason to be seriously concerned about the state of their drinking water. So what really is on tap in America?