...Nicaragua Quarter 1 Project Jacob Honeycutt The capital of Nicaragua is Managua. Three other cities that are important in Nicaragua consist of León, Granada, and Ometepe. Leon is the 2nd largest city in Nicaragua and it is located along the Rio Chiquito river on the west side of Nicaragua. Granada is in western nicaragua and is Nicaragua's 6th most populated city. And lastly, Ometepe which is in the center of Lake Nicaragua. Nicaraguan food includes a mixture of indigenous, Spanish cuisine and Creole cuisine. Since its origin, the basis of Nicaraguan food was based on corn. In addition, one of the most popular foods is Gallo Pinto, also known as beans and rice. This is usually served as a breakfast dish. When the Spaniards arrived in Nicaragua they found that the Creole people incorporated foods available in that area into their cuisine. The cuisine here differs on the Pacific and the Caribbean coast. The Pacific coast's food revolves around fruits and corn but the Caribbean coast makes use of seafood and coconut. In Nicaragua many fruits are made into drink. Fruits such as melon, papaya, guayaba, guanábana and many more. Pinolillo is very popular in Nicaragua, some people refer to them as pinoleros. Some drinks are also made from grains, seeds, mixed with milk, water, sugar and ice....
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...= Nicaragua grand canal Is a planned shipping route through Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. This Project is a mega construction. The principal objective of this project is to make easier the transportation of huge boats, also One of the main objectives sought to be achieved by the construction of the Grand Inter-Oceanic Canal is to insert Nicaragua into the global market as an international center of communications, trade, finance and scientific development. Project managers said that many Nicaraguans will be benefit. Daniel Ortega whose government approved the agreement within one week in June 2013 sees the canal as the second phase of the Nicaraguan Revolution predicting that it will pull Nicaragua out of poverty and lead to the creation of 250,000 jobs. This canal will be 3 times bigger than Panama Canal. The grand inter-oceanic canal it will be made for a Chinese Company called HKND , It is a private Company, who’s owner is Wang Jing, a Chinese billionaire. When we listen these advantages about the canal, the only thing that we can think is that is going to bring progress for the country. But is it true everything? Nicaraguan people decide this project? The government ask to the nation if they want this? Last Thursday 5, November 2015. At 10:15 to 5:00 pm we had a long discussion about this topic in the COP 21 in Uam. There were present, a deputy for el frente Sandinista, Experts in the environment, investors, lawyers, and our...
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...“Estatus jurídico de la empresa mercantil en Nicaragua” Lunes, 21 de octubre de 2013 Para constituir una empresa independientemente del tamaño ya sea micro, pequeña, mediana y grande es fundamental conocer el estatus jurídico de la empresa en Nicaragua, que nos permitirá saber qué tipo de empresa crear y cómo hacerlo. Según el Código de Comercio de la Republica de Nicaragua las costumbres mercantiles suplen el silencio de la ley, cuando los hechos que las constituyen son uniformes, públicos, generalmente ejecutados en el estado o en determinada localidad y reiterados por un largo espacio de tiempo, que se apreciará prudencialmente por los tribunales. Las costumbres mercantiles servirán, no sólo para suplir el silencio de la ley, sino también de regla para determinar el sentido de las palabras o frases técnicas del comercio, y para interpretar los actos o convenciones mercantiles. En este contexto el sistema jurídico Nicaragua admite distintas interpretaciones, lo cual es favorecedor para el empresario pues este siempre ha buscado obtener sacar ventaja en cualquier circunstancia pero sin quebrantar las leyes. En este proceso es importante identificar y definir la participación de dos actores, el empresario individual que es la persona física que ejercita en nombre propio una actividad empresarial. Lo puede hacer personalmente o a través de otras personas que actuarán como su representante, pero estos representantes no son empresarios, ya que no ejercen la actividad...
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...On Friday October 16, 1981, President Ronald Reagan wrote in his personal diary, “Central America is really the world’s next hotspot. Nicaragua is an armed camp supplied by Cuba and threatening a communist takeover of all of Central America.” (The Reagan Diaries, 2007) For the next eight years as Commander-in-Chief, this mindset would shape his perspective on the small Third World country about the size of North Carolina. The Administration’s policies, actions, and attitudes toward Nicaragua and other perceived hostile nations became known as “Reagan Doctrine.” The defeat of the Nicaraguan Revolution became the “cornerstone of the Reagan Central American policy and the test case of Reagan Doctrine.” (U.S. Intervention in the Nicaraguan Elections and American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, 1992) Reagan Doctrine was not a label coined by President Reagan or his administration. It was a term used later by his critics to define his foreign policy strategy for countries around the world. The Reagan Doctrine was a strategy to aid anti-communist, or more specifically, anti-Soviet insurgencies in the Third World during Reagan’s two terms as president from 1981-1989. The primary goal was to overthrow Marxist regimes and/or prevent Marxist regimes from becoming established. Reagan wasted no time getting started in the implementation of his foreign policy. The Administration’s first comprehensive “U.S. National Security Strategy,” which was a document approved by the President...
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...U.S. Foreign Policy and Nicaragua 2004 “U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND NICARAGUA” PAGE: 1 Outline: A) Introduction: U.S. Foreign Policy and Nicaragua. B) General Discussion: 1) Nicaraguan history, 2) The Sandinistas, 3) The Brezhnev Doctrine, 4) The Reagan Doctrine, 5) The Contras and the CIA, 6) Other Political Strategies, 7) Political Ramifications Internationally, 8) Political Ramifications Domestically. C) Conclusion. Foreword: Many times throughout its history, the United States government has been embroiled in disputes over its foreign policy. These conflicts arise sometimes domestically, sometimes internationally and sometimes in both areas. One of the most significant foreign policy problems the U.S. government has ever had, involved its dealings with Nicaragua during the 1980’s. By dissecting the sequence of events which lead upon to the U.S. government using the CIA to train the Contra rebels and the foreign doctrine issued which propagated this unprecedented action on the part of the Reagan Administration,...
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...communism like Cuba did and be another potential threat. Hence, why they did not support the Sandinistas’. The Sandinistas’ conveyed communist rhetoric and carried out very left policies that ultimately scared the United States. To be fair, the United States had reason to worry about Soviet Union influence in Nicaragua. The relationship between the Soviet Union and Nicaragua is unprecedented. To begin with, the normalization of Soviet-Nicaraguan diplomatic relations was announced in 0ctober 1979. However, relationships seemed to strength when the FSLN officials paid a visit to the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria in March of the next year. The FSLN and the Soviet Union came to...
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...work and/or its function? 6) Attach a sketch of the work to your essay (Size: 8.5x11, no larger; trim if necessary.): Making a sketch while you are in front of the art will actually help you to observe more carefully. You will not be graded on the quality or skill of this drawing, as long as you make a serious effort. **Also include a photo of your artwork at the end of your essay.** 7) If necessary, add a page for works cited. ! Ancient American Jade was used in two ancient American regions in Mesoamerica where is was use to simple make beads around 1500 B.C, also in Costa Rica where the first sculptural forms were carved about 1,000 years later. Coasta Rica was a tropical country and biological diversity located between Nicaragua to lower Central America. With the first evidence of worked jade as a pendant excavated in a burial on the Nicoya Peninsula in 700 A.D it eventually died out and been replaced by a fashion for ornaments of gold. The Bird Pendant that Archaeological evidence suggest, was made and treasured in 500 B.C. ! Ancient American Jade was made up of multiple semiprecious hard stones.Its compact structure, hardness and admirable surface gleam was preferred for statues. Jade was a beautiful color when worked.This is a very interesting bird pendant for its color being a blueish greenish making it a one of its own kind. ! The context that the American Jade Bird Pendant consisted of was social, it was...
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...operations building 3 warehouses and administrative offices managed by Mexican employees having the additional responsibility of implementing the CEMEX Way. In this time CEMEX sold directly to the end customers without using dealers. This business structure made company costs higher than its competitor. By the year 2000 it analyzed the option to find dealers responsible of distributing its cement using their warehouses. CEMEX infrastructure was sold to a selected dealer (CME). At the same time given some imposed taxes to cement imports, CEMEX changed it shipment from Mexico to Nicaragua.CME started selling cement under this model unsuccessfully for the 3 following years. This was caused mainly the quality of cement produced in Nicaragua which did not fill the consumer requirements. This change impacted directly to CEMEX sales. In order to overcome this negative impact, CEMEX returned to import its cement from Mexico, regardless the import taxes. Later CEMEX incorporated shipments from Costa Rica when a plant was acquired in this country. The organization opted to pay taxes against to lose market share. During these years (2000 – 2008)...
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...deployed a more Offensive style to dealing communist-controlled countries. Reagan laid out his interpretation of his doctrine at his State of the Union Address on February 6, 1985. "We must not break faith with those who are risking their lives on every continent from Afghanistan to Nicaragua to defy Soviet-supported aggression and secure rights which have been ours from birth . . . Support for freedom fighters is self-defense." He went on to explain how he thought that Truman’s version of containment, originally designed to halt Stalin in Europe was now obsolete. President Reagan’s doctrine facilitated the use of US involvement in places like Angola where the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) fought against the Soviet and Cuban backed Angolan government. US involvement was also present in Afghanistan when in December 1979 the USSR invaded. At the request of the Afghan Government the Soviet army crossed Afghan’s northern borders to assist the pro-communisis Afghan government in defeating the anti-Communist Muslim Afghan guerrillas (mujahidin). Another publicized involvement was with the assistance of the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. When the American military forces left Nicaragua for...
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...William Walker - American Adventurer Prepared for Dr. Angelo Montante University of La Verne Point Mugu, CA 93042 Prepared By Verna Tipton History 311 University of La Verne December 7, 1998 Table of Contents I. Introduction Pages 1-2 II. His Life Pages 3-10 III. Conclusion Pages 11-12 IV. Bibliography Introduction “…that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” (Monroe, P. 1) The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States would not tolerate European interference in the affairs of state of governments in the Western Hemisphere, and marked the beginning of American imperialism. What the Monroe Doctrine didn’t talk about, however, was the interference of American governments in the affairs of their neighbors. An early example of indifference to this type of interference was when Texas waged war to secede from Mexico. Many Texans were U.S. citizens who had settled in the vast Texas plains. Following the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, Texas was granted sovereignty by the Mexican government, and immediately recognized by the American government. For several years, soldiers from the Republic of Texas, under orders from successive Texan Presidents Lamar and Houston, made forays into Mexico, seeking to expand their territorial gains. Conversely, in 1842...
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...– 3.5 USD Water Taxi Belize City to Caye Caulker – 12 USD Water Taxi Caye Caulker to San Pedro – 17.5 USD Belize Departure Fee – 40 Quetzal Bus Belize City to Bus Terminal before Guatemala Checkpoint – 9 USD Taxi Bus Terminal to Guatemala Checkpoint – 5.5 USD Taxi Guatemala Checkpoint to Flores – 60 USD Honduras Entrance Fee – 26 USD Bus Flores to San Pedro Sula – 74 USD Bus San Pedro Sula to Ceiba – 12 USD Boat Ceiba to Utila Islands – 52 USD Boat Utila Islands to Ceiba – 48 USD Taxi San Pedro Sula Centro to Tamarindo Hostel – 4.50 USD Taxi Tamarindo Hostel to TikaBus – 7.50 USD TikaBus San Pedro Sula to Managua, Nicaragua – 64 USD Nicaragua Entrance Fee – 30 USD Taxi Managua to Granada – 56 USD Bus Granada to San Juan Del Sur – 8 USD Nicaragua Exit Fee –6 USD Bus San Juan Del Sur to Rivas to Nicaragua Border – 8 USD Bus Nicaragua Border to San Jose – 22 USD Taxi Bus Station to Costa Rica Backpackers Hostel – 8 USD Food Caye Caulker – 46USD San Pedro – 42.75 USD Flores: Dinner – 10 USD 2nd Day Lunch – 15 USD 2nd Day Dinner – 10 USD Ceiba: Dinner – 5 USD 2nd Day Breakfast – 1 USD Utila Islands: Unlimited Drinking Water – 5 USD Groceries 1 – 13.5 USD Dinner @ Mermaids – 3.9 USD Pizza 2 for 1 – 11.75 USD Ice Cream – 1.30 USD Groceries 2 – 7.50 USD Lunch @ Cheap Place 1 – 4.50 Lunch @ Cheap Place 2 – 4.25 USD San Pedro Sula: Groceries – 11 USD Managua: Dinner – 4 USD Granada: Lunch – 4 USD Dinner – 7 USD San Juan Del Sur: Lunch –...
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...during the Reagan administration. Shortly after taking office, President Reagan found himself facing difficult decisions, as many presidents have done so before and after him. Foreign policy is at the top of every presidents list during their term in office; Reagan’s foreign policy was to achieve “peace through strength”. This policy was put to the test when U.S. government officials became threatened of national security relations with two seemingly unrelated counties Iran and Nicaragua. Tension rose when radical Islamic movement overthrew U.S. backed Iran government in 1979. The U.S. tried bolstering relation with Iran by selling weapons to them, in turn the administration felt with the backing of Iran they could negotiate the release of seven American hostages being held by Iranian terrorists in Lebanon. On the other side of the world was Nicaragua which the U.S. has shown interest since the 20th century, due to the region’s close proximity to America. Relations with Nicaragua, falter after the Nicaragua government was toppled by a revolutionary government, the Sandinista Liberation Front. Tensions worsen, when Sandinistas sought relationship ties with Cuba and the Soviet Union. Reagan and his administration pushed political power to the brink by using profits from weapons sold to Iran to fund Contra militants to topple the Sandinista government. The action conducted by the Reagan administration was in direct violation of prohibited foreign policy that Congress enacted against...
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...Universidad Pedagógica Nacional “Francisco Morazán” C.U.E.D. Catedrática: Licda. Edna Yossi Ali Mejía Asignatura: Educación Ambiental Tema: Áreas Protegidas de Honduras Alumno: José Leonardo Chavarría 0306-1985-00886 Lugar y Fecha Santa Barbará, 21 de marzo del 2010 Refugio de vida Silvestre Caratasca La gran laguna de Caratasca está ubicada al centro del complejo de lagunas, es de aguas salobres y está separada del mar por una faja angosta. La laguna mide 60 kilómetros de largo por 12 de ancho. [pic] [pic] Laguna de Guaymoreto Esta a 5 kilómetros al este de Trujillo, con bosques de mangles y biodiversidad costera muy concentrada. [pic] [pic] Cuero y Salado Ubicado en el triángulo formado por la desembocadura de los ríos Cuero y Salado, está compuesto por una multitud de canales terrestres y fluviales. Recibe unos 15 ríos más y dá albergue a gran cantidad de especies animales, algunas de ellas en peligro de extinción como el manatí o vaca marina. [pic] [pic] Reservas Marinas Roatán - Honduras Las Islas de la Bahía constituyen la Reserva Marina de Honduras, a una distancia de 30 millas del continente. Están formadas por tres islas importantes: Roatán, Guanaja y Utila, así como por numerosos cayos e islotes. Su barrera coralina es la segunda mayor del mundo después...
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...Case Study: Latin America and the Catholic Church Pope John Paul II made a pastoral visit to Nicaragua and delivered a mass in Leon and Managua, in March 1983. Thousands gathered to hear him even though the Contra war was still going on (Contra comes from the Spanish word la contra, short for la contrarrevolucion, in English it means counter-revolution). The Nicaragua Catholic Church and the Sandinista government were anxious to hear the pope and believed he would give a moral reason to combat the communism of the Sandinista government. However, the others thought he would offer support for the peace process by acting as a mediator and voice his opposition to American aid to the Contras. He spoke more about the growing division within the Church – the “popular church” and the institutional higher Church. After hearing the pope, the Nicaraguan people felt that the Vatican was no longer in touch with Nicaragua. Katherine Hoyt, National Co-Coordinator in Matagalpa, wrote a letter dated March 16, 1983 detailing the events of the pope’s visit. She conveyed disappointment as the people were hoping that the pope would say some words of encouragement and consolation to the families who were losing loved ones to the counter-revolution. She mentioned that just days before the pope’s visit 17 members of the Sandinista Youth Organization were ambushed and killed by the Contras, yet he said nothing at all about this event. Instead he spoke of a solution to the conflict by telling...
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...“ADDING VALUE TO NICARAGUAN FORESTRY” ASSET RICH BUT CAPITAL POOR! VALERIA ZELAYA Background During the 70’s and 80’s, Nicaragua suffered from civil and political unrest. In 1990, the country had its first democratic elections in 30 years, which lead to a process of slow political depolarization, and economic recovery. Nicaragua’s Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) is the largest block of tropical forest in Central America and a key source of high value timber for local and international markets. Land classified as suitable for forestry usage occupies about 6.2 million hectares; divided as 1.8 million ha for conservation and 4.4 million ha for sustainable use1. Despite this endowment, Nicaragua’s annual wood exports are only US$15M2, representing 1.75% of Nicaragua’s total export. From these exports, 95% is unprocessed wood and 5% is manufactured goods, indicating a feeble commercialization of value-added wood products. Other neighboring countries with less forest area and potential have much greater export income from wood products. Additionally, private sector investment is limited and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the wood sector have difficulty in accessing legal and certified raw material creating inefficiencies in the wood value chain due to a lack of integration and coordination of the value chain. The LAC Facility identified the wood sector as one of the potential sectors for growth due to the availability of hardwood species and a significant number...
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