Peace Park

When Violetta Chomorro became president she promised to bring peace to the country. She started this process by ridiing the county of many of its wepons. She filled a pit in the city full of the countries wepons and covered it with cement cealing the away forever. This park is now known as the peace park.

First Few Days

June 18th 2008
We arrived into Managua on tuesday afternoon and were picked up by the El Porvinir staff. We spent the first few days touring around Managua a bit and learning more about the history anf the culture. Jimmy, who is one of the trip coordinators with El Porvinir and also our translator, is like an incyclopedia. He is very knowledgeable and it was great to be able to have him around to give us his pe ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Capital Region » Managua

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 fir... ... read more

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