Background: The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and again in 2001 saw the Sandinistas defeated. The country has slowly rebuilt its economy during the 1990s, but was hard hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
June 23rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida OK...so one of those was imagined... my last few days in San Juan del Sur should have been lovely, but then I caught a touch of "Sandino's Revenge," at least that's what I think you would call it in N ... [full story]
June 17th 2008Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida I decided to separate our Nicargua Adventures into two entries because between 4 people we took a TON of pictures. Don't want to make this entry to much information to handle in one sitting ... 125 photos[full story]
May 19th 2008Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida So I met up with my brother and sister last tuesday in Liberia, I ended up getting in about 45 mins after them because I missed the early bus out of Managua, oops. Rather than double back across the ... 9 photos[full story]
March 24th 2008Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida Idag maatte vi nok en gang staa opp klokken 6 for aa starte den 12 timers lange reisedagen vi hadde i moete! Idag skulle vi inn i Nicaragua, Central Amerikas stoerste og nest fattigste land! Landet sl ... 36 photos[full story]
April 14th 2008Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida Tras Costa Rica, continuamos nuestro viaje centroamericano por Nicaragua. Un país donde mis padres (de Iván) y mi hermana vivieron 3 años a finales de los años 70.
Un país muy presente desde mi inf ... 50 photos[full story]
January 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida Yesterday seemed like one long series of crazy drives. We enjoyed tasty banana pancakes and gallos pinto at Amigos, then finished packing for our 8:30 am shuttle. Failing to recognize that we were n ... 9 photos[full story]
December 22nd 2007Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Isla de Ometepe » Merida Blogin kirjoittaja paattaa vihdoin melko pitkaksi venyneen joulutaukonsa ja tarina jatkuu viela taman entryn osalta Nicaraguasta.
Leonista taas liikkeelle chicken bussilla Managuaan jossa vaihdoin ... 10 photos[full story]
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