NICARAGUA

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. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. After losing free and fair elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra was elected president in 2006 and reelected in 2011. The 2008 municipal elections, 2010 regional elections, November 2011 presidential elections, and 2012 municipal elections were marred by widespread irregularities.

Geography
Location: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
Area: total: 130,370 sq km
country comparison to the world: 98
land: 119,990 sq km
water: 10,380 sq km
Climate: tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Economy:
Natural recourses: gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
Unemployment: 7.2% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
7.4% (2012 est.)
note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$4,500 (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
$4,400 (2012 est.)
$4,200 (2011 est.)
note: data are in 2013 US dollars

Music of Nicaragua
Music of Nicaragua has been greatly influenced by its history. Current day music, is a mixture of Spanish and traditional native Indian musical instrument styles. Local musicians make frequent use of the marimba and other common instruments. in general the music that the Nicaraguan people listen to, is quite varied. They enjoy Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian, and panamanian musicians.

One famous singer is Carlos Mejia Godoy. He mostly writes songs about the young revolutionary men and women of Nicaragua, who set out to free the country from the oppression of the U.S. backed regimen.

Another popular genre is the Chicheros, which is often consisting of a trumpet and trombone, or of any other brass instruments.

ANALYSIS

• Natural recourses: gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
• They have used their natural recourses by trading, and making and selling it to others
• Cuba eastern Europe—during the Sandinista period for coffee, beef, sugar, and seafood
• It shapes the economy by bringing everything all together to make and trade and so the economy is healthy