The leader for this country is Daniel Ortega he is a member of the Sandinista junta that took power in 1979‚ and the elected president of Nicaraguan. (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). The currency is a Nicaraguan Cordoba 1 US Dollar = to 27.9506 Nicaraguan Cordoba but 1 NIO = to 0.0357774 USD. ("XE Currency Converter."). Some of the historical background about this country is in “1821 The Central American provinces (Costa Rica‚ Guatemala‚ Honduras‚ Nicaragua and El Salvador) declared independence
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Kenny Ortega was born on April 18‚ 1950. He is quite a big name in Hollywood‚ having worked with many A-list stars in the thirty he has been a chorographer. He has choreographed for music videos‚ concert tours‚ and full length films. His wide varieties of styles and abilities have made him vary successful‚ even from a young age. Kenny Ortega started involving himself in the arts at thirteen‚ acting in various plays and musicals‚ such as Oliver‚ throughout his childhood he continued to better
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availability of secondary sources was the decline in works about the Sandinista revolution over time. The majority of works were written in the 1980s and 1990s. Books like Morris’ Unfinished Revolution‚ however were written after the election of Daniel Ortega in 2006‚ which marked the end of a sixteen-year absence of a FSLN president of Nicaragua. Ortega’s reelection seemingly provoked a resurgence in interest about the FSLN and their politics‚ which means several works have been produced within the last
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The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey written by Salman Rushdie‚ is a non-fiction book that gives the reader insight to the internal turmoil taking place in the nation of Nicaragua. Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist who gained his fame for his fantastical novels about the post-colonial relationship between cultures of the East and West. Rushdie became interested in Nicaraguan affairs when the Regan administration started its “war” against Nicaragua. “I was myself the child of a successful
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Iran Contra Affair Assignment Step 1 - Ashley a) Zinn – In order to fund CIA Contra (basically terrorists) operations on Nicaragua (it was illegal for the US to be involved in Nicaragua) Reagan looked for funding from other countries including Saudi Arabia and Iran. Zinn blamed Reagan for lying and makes it out to be a huge scandal. Johnson – That Reagan was completely innocent and had no involvement. Oliver North had sold secret arms to Iran to free US hostages. b) Johnson denies that Reagan
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needs to be cared for. The similarities that I noticed from both essays is that they obviously both agree that homelessness needs to be addressed. They both believe in supporting more programs that are aimed towards helping the homeless population. Ortega addresses the national problem more so than York‚ as York’s essay deals specifically with his locality. But‚ they both make great points that homeless programs need to be more well funded. Both perspectives have been eye-opening for me‚ and I plan
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ACC557 Lisa Ortega is the president of Ortega Riding Academy‚ Inc. The company’s primary source of revenue comes from riding fees and lesson fees‚ which are paid on a cash basis. The company also board gorses for owners in which they are billed in turn for their monthly boarding fees. The company has hired a new inexperienced bookkeeper. There were several mistakes made during the general journal entries made by the bookkeeper. The first error was on May 7‚ it should have read debit unearned
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Changes In Life I was six years old when I moved from Clarksdale‚ Mississippi to Managua‚ Nicaragua. I did not notice the change at the time because of my young age‚ but it was when I moved back to the United States in 2010 that I really noticed the difference of the two countries. The relationship between Nicaragua and the United States is similar to that of the one I have with my sister. She likes to read‚ I like to watch movies. She hates sports; I love every single sport that exists. She
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Las Papas By ilyssa ye “Las Papas” is the story about a single man with a child. The story starts in the kitchen where the man was going to cook a dinner for his son and himself. He was about to try out a new Italian recipe for “Chicken cacciatore”‚ when he received a disapproving remark regarding the dish from his son. Having heard this he suddenly recalls similar event that had happened when he was fifteen and disapproved his father’s cooking by calling it “too spicy”. At the same moment peeling
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An Investigation into the Economic Turmoil of the Nicaraguan Revolution: To what extent did the U.S. led trade embargos of the 1980’s and the U.S. funded contra rebel groups affect the failed Nicaraguan economy of the mid to late 1980’s? Word Count: 1‚ 618 Table of Contents Section A Page 3 Plan of the Investigation Section B Page 4-5 Summary of Evidence Section C Page 6-7 Evaluation of Sources Section D Page 8 Analysis Section E Page
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