Nicaragua

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GEOGRAPHY:
Nicaragua is the largest country in
Central America and is slightly
bigger in area than New York State.
The country is bordered by Honduras
to the north and Costa Rica to the
south. The Pacific Ocean provides
the border to the west, and the
eastern border of the country is on
the Caribbean Sea.

PEOPLE & CULTURE

The local people call themselves

Nicas, but most outsiders refer the
people as Nicaraguans.
Most people are mestizos, or natives
and Spanish combined. The British
brought black slaves to Nicaragua to
work on plantations in the 17th
century. Many Nicaraguans are
descendants of the slaves.

GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY

Daniel Ortega was elected in 2006 as
the president of Nicaragua. The
president and vice president are
elected on the same ticket by
popular vote for a five-year term.

Nicaragua is the poorest country in

Central America, and has widespread
underemployment and poverty.
Their main crops are coffee,
bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice,
corn, and sesame.

ALI MONTENEGRO :

His name is Ali Montenegro and

according to his profile on Facebook
he is a model, actor, dancer,
conductor and singer of Nicaraguan
nationality, but based in Mexico.

"With all the respect that people

who are cultured in Costa Rica
deserve, but I must clarify many
myths that have existed for years,"
Montenegro wrote when sharing the
video, which reaches more than 20
thousand reactions.
However, in his eagerness to
"clarify doubts" he made some
mistakes, which we clarify next.

It's a lie that Costa Rica has only

8 beaches, as he said. According to
information provided by Alejandro
Gutiérrez, member of the Costa Rican
Observation Network in Costa Rica
(Ronmac) there are 649 registered.

It is true that there are disorders

in the nomenclature of beaches, but
the number is much greater than 8.

It is also wrong that the country

has 5 volcanoes. Eliécer Duarte, a
volcanologist at the Volcanological
and Seismological Observatory of
Costa Rica (Ovsicori), said 112
people were surveyed in the last
inventory, of which 5 are being
monitored for their activity.
The lagoons and lakes are not 4.
Although there is no specific
number, a small list evidences
Montenegro's error. Some of them
are: the Arenal, Hule, Pocosol, Rio
Cuarto, Don Manuel, Fraijanes, among
others.

SOME PICTURES ABOUT NICARAGUA