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Ap English III

13 December 2017

The Effect of Nicaraguan Hardships

One of the most unfortunate and disadvantaged countries of our time is Nicaragua.

Every day Nicaraguans try to defeat the consequences of ,“dictatorship,civil war,and natural

calamities”(BBC News). Due to Nicaraguans attempt to better their overall economic growth,

citizens strive to develop new programs in building new infrastructure, leading tourism groups,

and better leadership incentives, with the help of other countries to defeat the compicable daily

hardships at hand. One of the most trending hardships in Nicaragua is the consequences of the

ineffective leadership.

Contradicting the fact that Nicaraguan government has an ineffective leadership staff

would be an understatement. According to NACLA, President Ortega, over Nicaragua, “has

endangered Nicaraguan democracy.” Through non effective leadership citizens have suffered

from a wide range of tax raises, throughout the time of his term, since re-elected back in 2006.

With Ortegas, “lack of transparency” evaluators continue to dig up his rimey past and how the

results continue to affect Nicaragua today (​Hoiberg)​. According to Ian Bateson, in a recent

article “Church and State in Nicaragua,” a number of “Supreme Court” rulings have been

detached due to Independent Liberal Party. As a result to the number of unruly decisions and

non cooperation from the National Assembly, Nicaraguan Electoral Council, unsupported views
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have come over Ortega. Overall reflecting on the laws created in Nicaragua, going through all

the non cooperation from President Ortega and his team.

Regardless of Nicaragua's past civil wars, and “violent” encounters, Avia Goldfarb from “​The

Washington Post”​ recently shared his experiences about the foreign country. He described the

country as, “peaceful and the agriculture and tourism economy are flourishing.” With Goldfarb

sharing him and his family's joyful pleasures of the country, he is sure to indicate in his article

the rough infrastructures that come along with it. When Goldfarb states in his article about,

“​Using a wheelchair or a walker would be a huge physical challenge. Even pushing a stroller

would be tricky.​” An inference on the level of how poor their infrastructure would not be

disagreeable.

With Nicaragua's past not being too pleasant, U.S intervention has recently been

prompted. Due to Nicaragua's financial instability, “The U.S is currently considering a bill that

would hinder multi lactical loans to Nicaragua from international financial institutions due, to

the country's lack of transparent elections” (Haynes). Without financial stability from neither

themselves or the government Nicaraguans suffer when disasters do take place. No back up plan

is implemented, and that's where the US intervenes. Financial stability from Nicaragua's

government would bring Nicaraguans a confidence in there funding when it comes to their faith

in case of disasters, such as natural climate issues.

Climate is one of the most treacherous hardships Nicaraguans face, that could

potentially at any moment, ruin their lives In an excerpt from,“What Nicaragua Teaches us

About Climate Disaster,” Haynes communicates an exponential quote pertaining to the recent

significant weather situations in Nicaragua. Haynes incorporates, “They’re often slowly

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unfolding calamities that combine to make already vulnerable people even more vulnerable.”

Justifying how the “natural calamities”,in Nicaragua only add to the Nicaraguans

“vulnerability” making there situations worse and the citizens more insecure. The various

climate issues in Nicaragua can contribute to “health problems”,and casualties due to

leptospirosis that can also contaminate the water supply, outbreaks of mosquito illnesses, and

various wellness problems. The health issues Nicaraguans face due to these natural calamities

are just one of the many hardships encountered when it comes to weather. The climate misery

Nicaraguans face commonly, also comes with a severe loss of infrastructure, including their

own properties.

In these times of desperate need, anything can help Nicaraguans when it comes to the

after affects of any natural disaster. Recent “flood victims”,Julio Baldelomar and Aryeri

Rodríguez shared their story about the after effects of the Nicaraguan climate disaster they faced

as well as other nicaraguan citizens. According to the“What Nicaragua Teaches us About

Climate Disaster”, Haynes indicates how the rainfall in 2010 of September left Julio and Aryeri

without a home and further destruction.Haynes offers the following ; “For people living on

Nicaragua’s economic margins like Julio and Aryeri, climate violence isn’t just a temporary

peril. It makes everyday life harder through food insecurity, public health problems, and

damaged infrastructure.”Haynes reassures readers how difficult it is for Nicaraguans to

overcome frequent natural disasters. Recent government funding programs have been put in

place to help Nicaraguan families get back on their feet after these disasters.

Multiple programs have been installed to support Nicaragua.One program to help

Nicaraguans get back on there feet is The World Bank (Haynes). “The World Bank,”allows
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citizens of Nicaragua, like Julio and Aryeri to get “low-cost insurance” after their home has

been exhausted, caused a natural disaster. Due to natural disaster instances the government has

found ways to try and control renewable energy and anything that may be able to prevent it

(Haynes). Renewable energy could provide citizens with more leverage when a storm hits such

as the one that affected Julio and Aryeri, back in 2010.In an excerpt from “What Nicaragua

Teaches Us About Climate,” Haynes points out: “To address this problem, the Nicaraguan

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is working with the Inter-American Development

Bank to ​incorporate climate change concerns​ in road design. International partnerships like this

have helped the Central American nation confront the climate crisis in ways many richer

countries haven’t mustered.” Due to the help of these programs Nicaraguans are able to better

benefit and try and move on from these disasters that leave them with, “floods and landslides

degrade bridges and roads, farmers can’t get crops to market, access to health clinics and

hospitals is restricted when it is often most needed, and governments with limited budgets have

to sacrifice human development projects such as schools to repair transportation infrastructure”

(Haynes).

Despite many daily hardships faced by Nicaraguans, citizens still tend to appear

coherent and happy to be alive. Many good things can come from Nicaragua, such as there

flourishing tourism industry and also the pleasant abundant humbling citizens to be around.

Bringing people all around the world from the tourism industry allows hotel and restaurant

business to be at an advantage in Nicaragua. In an article by Carlos Salinas Maldonado and Carl

David Goette-Luciak, they interviewed a local citizen, that could give readers some insight on

how citizens are still happy. ​"I find happiness in my actions," says Fabiola Tercero, from the
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“How Can Nicaragua Be So Happy When It Has A Stack Of Sad Statistics?”Hearing multiple

testimonies from the article by​ ​Maldonado and Goette-Luciak should make one thankful. To

live in a land such as America should make anyone proud.

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Goldfarb, Aviva. “Life after Wartime: Nicaragua Transitions to Adventure Tourism.”. ​The

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Haynes, Douglas .“What Nicaragua Teaches Us about Climate Disasters.”.​NACLA​. 7 Sept.

2017.WEB. 23 Nov.2017 nacla.org

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When It Has A Stack Of Sad Statistics?”​.​ ​NPR​, NPR, 13 Apr. 2017. WEB 26.

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