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A map of Nicaragua. The responsibilities in the water and sanitation sector in Nicaragua are defined in the General Drinking Water and Sewerage Services Law, Law No. 297 of 1998; the Law-Decree No. 276 of 1998 that created ENACAL, and; Law No. 275 of 1998 that transformed INAA into a regulatory agency. [17]
Although 93% of urban residents can claim to have either legal or illegal water connections, cities are subject to frequent water outages, particularly during the dry season. [2] Many of the problems in water management were due to the lack of a national water sector and national water law before the passing of such a law in 2007.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was shown to have spread to Nicaragua when the first case, a Nicaraguan citizen who had returned to the country from Panama , was confirmed on 18 March 2020.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [8] finds that Nicaragua is fulfilling 96.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. [9] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Nicaragua achieves 98.6% of what is expected based on its current income. [10]
Nicaragua is striving to overcome the after-effects of dictatorship, civil war and natural calamities, which have left it one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 – March 2020; Families First Coronavirus Response Act – March 2020; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) – Includes $1200 stimulus checks, March 2020; Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act – April 2020
The Cañas–Jerez Treaty states that Nicaragua owns the waters of the river and that Costa Rica can only use it for commercial navigation on certain parts of the river at Nicaragua's discretion. The San Juan River is home to freshwater bull sharks that also go into Lake Nicaragua in addition to a wide array of marine life and biodiversity.
In addition to having the world's highest drinking age (a contentious honor we share with 12 other countries), the United States also has very strict laws on public drinking. Each state is allowed ...