However‚ these feelings vanished the moment we touched down in Managua‚ Nicaragua. I began the week with an attitude of determination. I was sure that I was there for a reason and I was going to change someone’s life. Nevertheless‚ it was me who benefitted from the trip‚ and I escaped the week with reinvigorated life lessons‚ adjusted perspectives on life‚ and a widened social circle. Throughout my journey to Nicaragua‚ I acquired a plethora of valuable information about life that I will never
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Let me describe Nicaragua. Tall‚ silver buildings ‚ people scurrying on the sidewalk‚ giant green palm trees‚ tropical breezes‚ and even a cool gust on a hot hot summer day. Nicaragua is the place to be. But that’s only what the capital is like. The rest is poor cities. Nicaragua’s main oceans are the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea‚ and they have a lake named after them. Since its such a big country‚ it has three climates. The Pacific Region‚ Central Highlands‚ and the Caribbean Region‚ which
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How is it possible that Nicaragua‚ a diverse country‚ rich in flora and fauna‚ with an exotic and exquisite culture‚ with friendly people‚ humble‚ and lovers of life; Cannot have a stable and adequate health system for its population. The battle over healthcare is a global concern that is being handled differently in each country. However‚ health care is more accessible in Nicaragua than in the United States but the quality of care is much worse than in the U.S. hospitals. Writing this essay reminded
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necessities for this fight. Currently in Nicaragua‚ these same anti-communist groups have begun to flee in efforts to escape the rule of the Sadanista’s. It is rumored that the groups are forming what are known as guerilla units. Guerilla warfare is fought in “fast-moving‚ small-scale actions.” The rebels and their supporters are trudging into southern Honduras. They have made camps there to accommodate the massive evacuation. Less than 2‚000 fighters are still in Nicaragua today. These people refer to themselves
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Over the summer before my senior year in high school‚ I was given an amazing opportunity to go to Nicaragua. I was able to expand my spanish vocabulary by teaching a class of adults and children english‚ talking with many of the locals and venders. The service learning program I went with was Global Glimpse. We learned more about the day to day life of the locals in a third world country. For the service part of the trip we helped improve a local school.We redid the bathrooms‚ classrooms‚ and the
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involved with Nicaragua since 1850. They had been walking over them and the Nicaraguans didn’t seem to respond. In 1907 U.S. war ships took control of the Fonseca Gulf. In 1909‚ the Nicaraguan Nationalist Government finally decided to take a stand against the control. The government shot two of the U.S. mercenaries‚ but it only made matters worse for them. The United States decided to get more involved in Nicaraguan affairs‚ and in 1910 they forced a “puppet government” upon Nicaragua. After many years
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to take control of those countries. We needed Nicaragua to
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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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