History of Nicaragua

While we are on vacations we all like to give ourselves treats and go somewhere exotic. People can go all over the whole globe but certainly would never find a better place than Honduras. A country full of greatness, generosity and kindness it’s what you will find when you get there. As soon as you put a feet on Honduran soil, you will realize this is not like any other place around. I am going to show all of you why Honduras is one of the top places to visit on vacations. Honduras is located…

Preparing for the expansion of the Panama Canal, the Port of Miami, also known as PortMiami, is faced with economic challenges and boundless markets of opportunities. Indeed, this will reshape the port development and cargo distribution that will affect one of the most significant economic markets for South Florida. PortMiami is located on Dodge Island just east of the city of Miami. It is a non-operating port owned by Miami-Dade County and managed by the Miami-Dade County Seaport Department.…

The country of Costa Rica is relatively located in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua, and located at the absolute location of 9.95° N, 84° W. It is bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south. Roughly half the size of Iceland and smaller than the state of West Virginia, Costa Rica has 19,560 square miles of land. Costa Rica lies in the formal region of Central America and Costa Rica itself. An example of one of the country’s functional regions would be the range of the…

buck, but at what cost? Time and time again you see countries that battle decades of oppression and struggle only to be taken advantage of their resources, land and civilization. My recent case study takes place in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua. For the last century, Nicaragua has been a driving force in the sugar cane industry for years. With it being its 2nd strongest export in its country (Coffee being first) and the 3rd strongest export in Central America, it grosses over half a billion dollars…

1. The concept of "Indigenismo" (Indianism) was one of the primary themes expressed in the Chicano Art of the 1960 's and 1970 's. What is this concept in relationship to the Chicano experience? Why was it so important to the early Chicano movement? Identify and describe a work of art that clearly illustrates the concept. -“Indigenismo” was a Latin American movement that wanted to bring social and political power to Mexicans and other Latin American people through art and literature. It…

artifact. As I look at it every morning before heading off to school I am instantly reminded of a trip that I now use to define who I am: commitment, compassion, and courage. This was the photo of my trip in Leon, Nicaragua. Over the summer I had the privilege to venture to Nicaragua, a city of intense culture and a site that is unimaginable, through a program called Global Glimpse. However, when I first got my letter of acceptance, I didn’t think this trip could be possible. The…

The trajectory of U.S. foreign relations was well in place prior to the Mexican-American war, but was pushed further by the actions that took place therein. America was guided by a resurgence of the Monroe Doctrine under President Polk. This resurgence and in the spirit of Manifest Destiny, the American people, most notably expansionist democrats, pushed to expand the nation westward, and take control of the lands from coast to coast. This control was gained with a victory over Mexico in the…

John Charles Chasteen’s Americanos: Latin America’s Struggle for Independence is a critical retelling of an important epoch in Latin American history. In 1799, Alexander Von Humboldt reached Latin America, a place that through struggle and bloodshed would transform over the next forty years. In Americanos, Chasteen brilliantly shows every step that gradually transformed Latin America from the colonies Humboldt saw in 1799 to the drastically different Latin America of 1840. Americanos is…

valuables to be taken out of Nicaragua. Thanks to FSLN sympathizers from Marxist sympathizing countries like neighboring Cuba, the Sandinistas and Nicaraguans were able to receive aid and asylum in sunny Havana. This provided a safe haven for revolutionaries to escape the dictatorships that ravaged their lands. Not only did Cuba, help Nicaragua with aid, it provided Nicaragua with education, medicine, construction and growing technology. In the journal, Cuba and Nicaragua: A Special…

Countries in Central America are plagued with poverty, overruned by gang violence and ruled by government systems that don’t do enough for their people. The author of Enrique 's journey, Sonia Nazario paints a vivid picture of the circumstances that lead loving mothers to leave their children behind while venturing across America, in order to get to the promise land. A land charged with hopes and promises. Promises that are not always kind to immigrants. Immigrant mothers risk everything in…