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Corruption is a serious problem in Nicaragua. [ 1 ] , particularly under the leadership of Daniel Ortega . Transparency International 's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index gave Nicaragua a score of 14 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean").
[11] About Nicaragua, Levitsky stated: "In Nicaragua ... reelection is associated with the same problems of 100 years ago." [11] That same year, The Washington Post stated that "Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua ... used the ballot box to weaken or eliminate term limits." [12] The proposed Nicaragua Canal, seen here in blue
Nicaragua cut its spending budget for 2018 by $186.3 million, 1.3% of its GDP, in the midst of the crisis. An amendment sent urgently by President Daniel Ortega mainly affects public investment programs, health and education portfolios, and transfers to municipalities, according to the project approved by the FSLN deputies and their allies. [143]
Some key dates in Nicaragua's history: 1522 - Spanish explorer Gil Gonzalez de Avila names Nicaragua after a local Indian chief, Nicarao. 1523-24 - Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba completes ...
Nicaraguan Revolution; Part of the Central American crisis and the Cold War: Clockwise from top left: FSLN guerrillas entering León, suspected rebels executed in León, a government spy captured by guerrilla forces, destruction of towns and villages taken by guerrilla forces, a bombing by the National Guard air force, an FSLN soldier aiming an RPG-2
The Ends of Modernization: Nicaragua and the United States in the Cold War Era (Cornell UP, 2021). Kagan, Robert. A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977–1990 (1996). Munro, Dana G. "Dollar Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 1909-1913." Hispanic American Historical Review 38.2 (1958): 209-234. online; Neumann, Pamela.
Senator John Kerry's 1988 Committee on Foreign Relations report on Contra drug links concluded that "senior U.S. policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras' funding problems". [75] The Reagan administration's support for the Contras continued to stir controversy well into the 1990s.
In Nicaragua, 48% of tuberculosis (TB) patients have encountered issues with employment and 27% had reported social problems because of stigma associated with the disease. [13] In order to reduce false community beliefs and fears about tuberculosis that could be feeding into this social stigma, various solutions have been proposed and attempted ...