Under the rule of the Sadanistas‚ conservative anti-communist groups are beginning to flee Nicaragua. These groups are forming guerilla units. Hundreds of rebels and supporters are trudging into southern Honduras based camps in a mass exodus. Their leaders say fewer than 2‚000 fighters remain in Nicaragua. Guerilla warfare is a type of warfare fought in fast-moving‚ small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and on occasion‚ against rival insurgent forces‚ either independently
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school‚ soccer‚ relatives (from Nicaragua) all there to say their final goodbye. Following the funeral‚ everyone from Larissa’s life set about making a foundation in her name. We came up with Dale Lari whose main goal is to provide soccer equipment‚ meals‚ and transportation to less fortunate kids in Nicaragua. A year later we had the funds to buy a bus and filled the bus with used equipment. A volunteer drove it to Miami and from there it was shipped to Nicaragua for a local team known as the
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United Provinces of Central America‚ Nicaragua was the most backward. At that time‚ growing coffee was becoming the most profitable business in the world. Unfortunately‚ Nicaragua did not have conditions for the development of coffee plantations. Furthermore‚ they developed cattle farming‚ but the barons had continuous conflicts with each other. These conflicts often turned into wars because of the absence of the
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A year ago I had to come to live in the United States‚ had many concerns‚ including the main concern was the trip as it was a long journey from Nicaragua‚ I had to travel alone and added to this had to take two planes. Finally came the day of travel‚ take my things I said goodbye to my family‚ my parents and my brothers. My parents came to me the airport‚ from the time I was in my house until the time you arrive at the airport had in my mind the thought that the plane was going to leave me‚ when
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“Please ma’am‚ I’ll love you forever.” The line sounded rehearsed‚ as if he had spoken these words multiple times a day for many years. His glossy brown eyes penetrated my startled blue ones for as long as I let them until I turned away. His dirtied innocent face was one that came straight out of a UNICEF commercial‚ the sort that caught you off guard during a commercial break of your favorite TV show. Wistful faces of impoverished children flick before your eyes as a concerned voice insists that
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The Third World places like Asia‚ Africa‚ and Latin America were all mostly developing nations they were very poor and politically unstable‚ they didn’t have great education or technology. The Soviet Union‚ United States and sometimes China tried to get support in the Third World. They tried backing the wars of counterrevolution‚ liberation and revolution. Smart spies of the United States and Soviet Union also called the CIA or the KGB were investigating and many things such as many convert‚ or secret
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necessary for such purposes‚ The same for the organization and good functioning of sports and recreational associations and federations‚ with the support of the national and international community. Baseball Baseball is the most popular sport in Nicaragua and its national team enjoys a strong tradition in the field of world amateur baseball with several sub-championships conquered. Nicaraguan baseball has players who have managed to be part of the Major Leagues
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The Filibusters Group of soldiers of fortune led by William Walker who invaded Nicaragua in an attempt to set up english speaking colonies under his control. At the time this practice was called filibustering‚ hence the name for the soldiers. This was important at the time period because it led to the strenuous ties involving the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. This caused discontent not only in Washington but in England as well with each thinking there might be a breach in the treaty. Clayton- Bulwer treaty
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as unequal pay; limited career opportunities; harassment in every form; and‚ unfair health and reproductive rights. Being luckily born into a dying middle class‚ I have had access to education and many life and career favorable circumstances. In Nicaragua‚ I am privileged‚ and yet I could not stop feeling hopelessness for a long time. My privileges mean little if they are not used for a greater cause. I come from a business and finance background. For the over seven years I have been in the labor
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happened at our missions conference at our church on October 2011. The missionaries from Nicaragua invited our family to come visit them for a week. I didn’t want to leave the United States. I was sad to think about traveling that far away and leaving behind my family and friends. We started praying about going and in February of 2012 we boarded the plane at Gerald R Ford International Airport and headed to Nicaragua. I was still sad‚ but it was kind of exciting to be on an airplane for the first
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