Nicaragua

Prior to the Cold War that took place from 1947 to 1991 in various parts of Europe, Latin America and the United States, the United States had established and extended the Monroe Doctrine that had previously warned Europeans against retaking their former colonies. When the U.S. decided to extend this doctrine, they put it in a Cold War context, in which it allowed the U.S. to strengthen Latin American states militarily against communist penetration. Because of North America’s long and…

Terry Sanford’s seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exposed him to all of these foreign policy activities. After a trip to Nicaragua in 1987, one of his many trips to the region, Sanford wrote, “You could see poverty all around.” Continuing in his analysis, he wrote that the Sandinista-Contra conflict in Nicaragua was “all such a pathetic poverty-ridden sight that it’s too bad that we have been adding to the misery by promoting, if not insisting upon, war.” Sanford’s negative view…

happiness and protection of children. In Nicaragua, the majority of the population lives in poverty and have no choice but to live in underdeveloped environments (CultrueGrams). In fact, Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Central America (World Book Encyclopedia). Extensive families must share inadequate rooms, health care is limited, the sanitary quality of water or public facilities is indigent and scarcely any people consume a healthy diet. In Nicaragua, hurricanes are common, as…

I have always loved to travel. I love to just see the world and experience different cultures, but there was one place in specific that I really, really wanted to go to. That place was Samara, Costa Rica. I had been begging my parents to take me there for around a year or even a little longer. We knew some people who had lived there for a while and they just got me hooked on that one little town. I mentioned it every single day. I would even send them links to houses for us to stay in and…

Both images were taken this year during Spring Break or Semana Santa, how we call it back in Nicaragua. I miss the days at the beach, the sun touches my skin, the breeze hitting me with sand, but most of all, I miss the colorful sunsets at the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua. Every time my family and I would make a trip to the beach, I would photograph the sunset and the clouds changing colors. It would be my favourite part of the beach. On that particular day of the week of Semana Santa I…

write up on the state of human rights in Nicaragua in 1985 that painted a different picture then the one Reagan painted. While this group was aligned against Reagan, this perspective is still important as it allow us to understand that the truth was likely somewhere in between this and what Reagan was saying. The main message of this document was that the Sandinista government was improving considerably. The group reported that ““The government of Nicaragua has in fact prosecuted security…

Roberto Clemente “He made the word ‘superstar’ seem inadequate. And what a wonderfully great person he was.” Roberto Clemente’s loving soul changed the world. He will never be forgotten. Roberto is the best, and kindest baseball player to ever come out of Puerto Rico. Roberto Clemente had been hard working ever since childhood. Roberto Enrique Walker Clemente was born on August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was the youngest of six siblings. He was born during The Great…

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…

A typical question many immigrants are asked will be “Where are you from?” Even the individual is fluent in American English and well assimilated into American identity, this question is inevitable. As country of immigrants, there is nothing wrong about knowing person’s ethnic background, so we could be less ignorant about the world and appreciate the diversity. However, sometimes question of doubt is replace by question of assumption. An example from my personal experience, many people has…

threats. Their populations have declined steeply worldwide due to human pressure; among them coastal development, light pollution and commercial fishing. Today, six of the seven of the world’s sea turtles are endangered and Red Listed by the IUCN. Nicaragua is home to four of them; the olive ridley, the leatherback, the green and the critically endangered Hawskbill sea turtle. Knowing where sales occure would enable conservationists and wildlife officials to direct their limited resources.…