So, I been surfing Wikipedia today and leaned a few interesting things about Nicaragua.
- Nicaragua´s export economy is based on agriculture, which accounts for 60% of the country´s exports. These exports yeild approximately $300 million anually. However, Nicaragua recieved over twice this much in 2006 in the form of remittances from Nicas living abroad.
- Lake Nicaragua (right), once considered as a potential Carribean-Pacific canal site, was used as a link in the 18th century to transport easterners in the US to the West for the gold rush.
- I saw a beautiful tropical bird, called guardbarranco, outside my window today (below).
- According to the UN the poverty rate is about 28%
- Nicaragua is the poorest coutry in Central America.
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