Nicaragua

Introduction: Many people may not know of the small nation of Costa Rica, it has been said that the nation is often confused as the island of Puerto Rico. However Costa Rica is located in Central America boarded by Nicaragua and Panamá, to the North and South respectively, and the Caribbean Sea on the East Coast and the Pacific on the West. In the pre-Colombian era, Costa Rica had fewer indigenous groups that resided in the region compared to other Central America nations; however those that…

U.S. As a result of this conflict, the U.S. drove Diaz into exile. At this point, the major problems of Nicaragua were that they were a country in ruins with a weak export economy and $1.6 billion in debt. Nicaragua experienced the lowest per capita income in Central America. As a result, approximately 600,000 of its citizens were homeless and there was genocide. Both Cuba and Nicaragua had an “eternal debt with the United States” and in 1911 Cuba and the United States signed the…

Affair portrays how President Reagan and other politicians had broken their oath by giving into negotiation with terrorists and breaking other laws. There were many nations involved in this affair. The main ones were the United States, Iran, and Nicaragua (Weiss et al.1). The way that the world found out about this was that two Lebanese newspapers wrote an article about the Iran arms deal (Weiss et al.18). As a result, on November 3, 1986, it rapidly spread to the United States (18). This…

country’s attractiveness for foreign direct investment or export is made. Overview of Honduras Geography Honduras is located in Central America. It borders the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua. Honduras also borders the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua. The geographic coordinates are 15 00 N, 86 30 W. There are two map references and they are Central America and the Caribbean Sea. The area total is 112,090 sq. km. This total area consists of…

The author Salman Rushdie asks a very compelling question which is, are the Sandinistas the young girl or the jaguar? Rushdie visited Nicaragua as an impartial observer, he was invited by the Sandinista Cultural Workers Assn., and he is being escorted all around the country to meet with the top commanders. After three weeks on constant interviews with the commanders and several encounters with folk people in cities such as Matagalpa and Bluefield’s. He is soon becomes a believer to “las causa”,…

Introduction El Salvador locates in Central America, bordered by Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. It has a tropical and a subtropical climate including a dry season from November to April and a rainy season from May to October. According to World Development Indicators, there were 29.6% of households living in poverty in 2013 (World Development Indicators, 2015). This report focus on smallholder farms, which found at high altitudes in the mountainous regions of the country and grow crops…

Costa Rica is located in Central America. It shares borders with Panama and Nicaragua. Its touches both the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. Costa Rica is in the middle of a massive and rugged rainforest. On February 7, 2016 La Casa Amarilla opens its historic doors to the public for the first time La Casa Amarilla was built in 1920 by Henry D. Whitfield, an architect from the US from the United States. The “Yellow House” will be open for tours two times every month. La Casa Amarilla is home to…

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…

way of background, Honduras is located in the north central region of Central America, and Honduras’ coastline is a blend of Caribbean and Pacific cultures. Geographically Honduras is located east of Guatemala, north of El Salvador and west of Nicaragua. Honduras is the second-largest country in Central America, and physically slightly larger than Tennessee. The natives of Honduras are called Hondurans and their native language is Spanish. Per the instructions…

In her assessment of Gilbert Hernandez’ seminal work, Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, Jennifer Glaser makes a number of claims about the ultimate meaning behind the work and how it relates to the larger work of transnational authors. Glaser asserts that Palomar is an important piece of transnational exploration; Through the lens of the somewhat mystical town of Palomar,Hernandez explores race, gender, class and the still unfolding effects of cultural imperialism. Glaser also argues that…