is a country in Central America‚ bordered by Nicaragua to
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because there are so many more things I want to experience before I graduate. There is one particularly rewarding experience that continues to drive me to go outside the boundaries of academia. This past summer of 2006‚ I traveled to Costa Rica and Nicaragua to take part
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In 1948 scientists presumed that the Lake Nicaragua shark‚ known at that time as Carcharhinus Nicaraguensis‚ was landlocked meaning it could not travel from the lake into marine environments‚ and that it was a separate species from C. Leucas (Thomas H. Lineaweaver‚ Richard H. Backus). It wasn’t until 1968 when scientists commenced studies on the sharks by catching them far into Lake Nicaragua as well as at the river’s mouth approximately 220 miles away. They made measurements
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parties to the U.S. Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)‚ which facilitate trade and investment. Honduras is in the middle of Central America‚ bordering the Caribbean Sea‚ between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering North Pacific Ocean between Nicaragua and El Salvador. The name of the country means depths‚ Columbus identified Honduras on his fourth voyage because of the deep waters. Honduras dominant language is Spanish; some speak English. Honduras Spanish has a distinct
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The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy: The Ronald Reagan Doctrine By: Jennefer Paddock Professor Altman: POL300 March 4‚ 2012 The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy: The Ronald Reagan Doctrine President Ronald Reagan’s Doctrine was supposed to sponsor anti-communist guerillas who were trying to overthrow pro-Soviet regimes (Roskin 58). President Reagan supported anti-communist groups‚ and Reagan argued that the American economy was on the move again‚ while the Soviet Union had become stagnant. President Reagan
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Dear ‚ Thank you so much for contributing to my mission trip to Nicaragua. It was one of the most fun trips I’ve ever been on! It was so amazing to see how many lives we impacted and how much the Nicaraguans were amazed by us. Next time you have the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Nicaragua or anywhere else I urge you to go. It is so rewarding. The first working day‚ in the morning‚ we went out and handed out food bags with food‚ toiletries
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the Reagan Doctrine; the United States would openly support anticommunist movements‚ “freedom fighters” wherever they were battling the Soviets or Soviet backed governments. Under this doctrine‚ The CIA funneled aid to insurgents in Afghanistan‚ Nicaragua‚ Angola‚ and elsewhere. In open defiance of the sovereignty of those nations‚ Reagan worked to overthrow their governments. Reagan officials also championed free market capitalism‚ ‚ evident in their enthusiasm for the 1988 U.S. Canada Free Trade
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small can be a reality check for how much you and other people around you take for granted. It isn’t hard to take the things that you expect to have for granted: hot water‚ a stable to place to sleep or three meals a day. Many of the kids in Nicaragua can expect one to two of these. Even though they had close to nothing‚ their resilience was like nothing I have ever seen before.
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The Progressive Era also belongs to the age of American imperialism‚ where the US gained control of many oversea territories and interfered heavily with foreign politics. Progressive presidents employed three different ways to handle foreign politics: Roosevelt employed the aggressive “big stick” diplomacy foreign policy; Taft focused on economic growth with “dollar diplomacy”; while Wilson followed the Monroe Doctrine and intervened in Latin America with “moral diplomacy”. President Roosevelt utilized
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In 1901‚ when President McKinley was assassinated‚ Theodore Roosevelt became president and continued to practice the policies of imperialism. He first used U.S. influence to help settle the Russo-Japanese War‚ which began in 1904 because both Russia and Japan wanted to control Korea. Japan captured Korea and also invaded Manchuria‚ which was controlled by Russia at the time. Eventually‚ Japan wanted to stop the fighting‚ due to the loss of lives and resources. The Japanese asked President Roosevelt
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