Talk:Nicaragua/Archive 1

message: The German page says the motto was "Pro Mundi Beneficio." Is "In god we trust" not something from the US? Get-back-world-respect 15:30, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Motto

message: I don´t know why Worldtraveller is changing all the people contributions for Wikipedia. It´s an unpolite and obsesive way (I think he shoud think seriously about an obsesive compulsive disorder).  I have been searching about him.  He vissited for a few days central america (5 years ago) and specifically in Nicaragua he only visited Ometepe Island (an indigenous comunity), Granada (european city in Nicaragua) and Masaya (higly mestizo)and Leon (this is a shortly proportion of Nicaragua) He didn´t visited most of the country Granada Island, Carazo, San Juan del Sur, pacific and Atlantic beaches,  cental region, etc, etc, etc. The point of view of worldtraveler about the region is very limmited.  He has a poorly edition of history, culture, domographics, people, etc, about this region.  I think he nedd to actualize a lot.  The editions he has made are realy uncomplete or are not according the reaality and history.  Worldtraveler I´m goin to invite you to read more scientist articles and to be more objective. The principle of the investigator (if you are a investigator) is EVIDENCE BASED PRINCIPLES. And the people must be informed accuracely.  Worldtraveller.org please start by reading, http://www.bjmjr.com/afromestizo/nicaragua.htm, http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_985.html, ttp://www.granada.com.ni/intro/intro.html, http://www.pronicaragua.org/safety_investment.html,http://www.intur.gob.ni/,
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1093.html
May be that this pages actualize a little bit Wordltraveller information about Nicaragua y about the photos that he has erased and other people has unerased, are of my own.  I did take the pics when I made a study about nicaragua
:Engaging in personal attacks towards other users doesn't make you credible, nor does claiming to be from Canada or California. You have photos that could be of Mexico, and that in the case of the students could be seen as vanity photos. You write in bad English, contradicting statistics without sourcing, removing the bit about black people in the north, etc. The first time I noticed you you were deleting photos from Nicaragua and the demographics pages, to then replace them a bit later with your own photos in a very spam like way. --SqueakBox 00:30, May 12, 2005 (UTC)
::Good to see you doing some research, KEITH.  Hope you enjoyed reading about my Central American travels.  Read more scientist articles?  Hm, well, I do have a PhD in astronomy, so I feel I have plenty enough experience of reading scientific articles and basing my work on evidence!  The point here is you're continually re-adding information, which is being removed by me and others for perfectly valid reasons.  First, it expresses a strong point of view.  Second, your images seem to lack source information, making them potentially copyright violations.  Third, you're breaking the three revert rule by reverting repeatedly to your own version.  And fourth, you seem to be not even remotely interested in finding a consensus - a crucial thing in producing a neutral encyclopaedia.  Your behaviour is verging on vandalism, and if it continues, you're likely to be blocked from editing.  Discussing proposed changes on the talk page here would be a good way to start contributing positively towards this article, if you're interested in doing that. Worldtraveller 08:16, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: A statement

message: I have looked around and been unable to find any evidence supporting the claim that William J. Casey encouraged attacks on "soft targets," though I don't doubt the possibility. My concern is that the writer has been reading too much Z magazine and is skipping over more important evidence of CIA wrongdoing, such as the involvement of cocaine in the support the Contra army [which has been well-documented] in favor of hearsay that will only serve to discredit an otherwise well-written article.
note to Wiki editors - the [edit] button is unclear as to which section it belongs to; the one above or the one below; and I meant for the above note to be written above. Thanks,
-Brandon Kirk
(posted by User:210.3.33.150 - Worldtraveller 09:28, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment moved from article page

message: I lived in Nicaragua during the times of war, Sandinistas, and Violeta Chamorro. I am absolutely amazed and insulted that this article on Nicaragua ignores the history leading to the war. Anyone reading this article please go somewhere else because history was erased here.
C. 
:Like a lot of people here, I'd love to read about this part of Nicaraguan history...but it needs to be written yet.  Perhaps you're up to the task?  I see a great deal of this is covered at History of Nicaragua, a separate article, well linked-to from the main article.  Tomertalk 03:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article on Nicaragua

message: Someone had entered the following information: as it is estimated that approximately 2 million people were in exile as of early 1980's of which a great many are now returning. If there is truth in it we should include it somehow. Get-back-world-respect 00:56, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Exilees

message: I changed the statistics of GDP and HDI. I put the actual statistics as of 2009 according to the FMI and the UN. --SonCR (talk) 22:47, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: GDP and HDI

message: Following passage can't be correct:
'U.S. support for this Nicaraguan insurgency continued in spite of the fact that impartial observers from international groupings such as the European Union, religious groups sent to monitor the election and observers from democratic nations such as Canada and the Republic of Ireland concluded that the Nicaraguan general elections of 1984 were completely free and fair. The Reagan administration disputed these results however, despite the fact that the government of the United States never had any observers in Nicaragua at the time.'
The EU cannot possibly have monitored the elections in 1984. The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. Did you mean European States or Council of Europe?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.1.66 (talk) 12:06, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess they refer to what now is the EU.  You are right, thought, it should be changed.  Brusegadi (talk) 22:12, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  European Union 

message: Nicaragua's tropical east coast is very different from the rest of the country. The climate is predominantly tropical, with high temperature and high humidity. Around the area's principal city of Bluefields, English is widely spoken along with the official Spanish and the population more closely resembles that found in many typical Caribbean ports than the rest of Nicaragua.
A great variety of birds can be observed including eagles, turkeys, toucans, parakeets and macaws. Animal life in the area includes different species of monkeys, ant-eaters, white-tailed deer and tapirs.
Is there any chance that whoever posted this would have the source?? Or is it on the site and I just missed it??
Thanks --Chica Loca (talk) 16:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source? 

message: Some work should be done to make the lead shorter.Parkwells (talk) 14:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead is very long

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message: Sorry but with all these coups and elections I can't follow anymore who's meant by the ex-president. Thy.--SvenAERTS (talk) 18:54, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The ex-president was convicted...", who? =

message: Yankees de mierda, escuchen una cosa. Respeten a los hermanos nicaraguenses. La Revolucion Bolivariana triunfa y ustedes van a caer.
*kk; olha é Tosco o artigo metem a foto de um zambo como negro e depois metem zambos mais negros que esse como zambos naquele outro grupo do leste que falam a lingua nativa com espanhol com ingles quem entende?
*não nego que a predominancia nesse zambo é a negroide mas por que as classificações são tão aleatorias?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:14C:DA94:730:420:8A7B:1AA2:3641 (talk) 12:25, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yankees 

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thread_title: External links modified

message: I dont think this:  "History of Nicaragua: The Beginning of the End", American Nicaraguan School. Retrieved on 2007-08-04. 
is a good reference.  It very likely fails to meet WP:RS.  I will see if I can find something better. (Lets leave it for now)  Brusegadi (talk) 21:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ref 30 

message: The section about Economy talks about Nicaragua being the "61st freest economy" and says the privatization of 350 enterprises reduced inflation "from 13,500% to 9,6%". These allegations are not neutral. 
The idea of a "free" economy is heavily loaded, and it doesn't say a lot about the subject. Compare the health systems in the USA and in Canada: it's "freer" in the USA, but it's "better" in Canada. For instance, the infant death rate is 4.63 in Canada and 6.37 in the US (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html). 
It's the same problem with the alleged relationship between privatizations and inflation. We need a verifiable reference to support this allegation. As far as I know, privatizations often cause prices to increase.
Pierre Jaquet (talk) 11:55, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That statement already has a source.  -- LaNicoya  •Talk•  15:26, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the US is arguably the worst enemy of Sandinistas (http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=nus&case=70&k=66&lang=en), which means the US Department of State is not a reliable reference. Pierre Jaquet (talk) 17:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Free means that it is less regulated and it is useful information.  There is no good or bad attached to it.  Concerning inflation and privatization, that does need a source and I will see if I can find one.  I doubt they are related because the high inflation in Nicaragua was caused by excessive Cordoba printing during the 80s.  It could be that the excessive printing was done to maintain these institutions but it probably was not. Brusegadi (talk) 21:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I was in two minds, but, after all, I think it's useful to answer your remark. Depending on your political opinion, there is much good or much bad attached to the word "free", and N.A.F.T.A. is an good example (see Noam CHOMSKY, Understanding Power, The New Press, NY, 2002, pp. 280-284). To put it bluntly, I think the Economy section is not neutral, and the Economía section in Spanish is better. Maybe it could be used as a model for the English version---but I do admit that this is a heavily loaded opinion. Pierre Jaquet (talk) 18:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the judgment of good or bad is left to the reader (depending on her political opinion, as you said), there is no problem about saying 'its a free economy.'  The reader decides if this is good or bad.  It would be different if we made that choice for her. Brusegadi (talk) 21:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A freer economy  

message: Hello everyone! There is a discussion at Talk:Dutch Empire#Request For Comment: Map, because user Red4tribe has made a map of the Dutch Empire (:Image:Dutch Empire 4.png) that includes parts of Nicaragua. Would you like to comment? Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 16:27, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Still OR, POV and unsourced (yours is not not a credible source). Please discuss stuff at Talk:Dutch Empire#Request For Comment: Map. This was just a request for comment, not a discussion. Thank you. The Ogre (talk) 16:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicaragua in the Dutch Empire 

message: The link which is supposed to substantiate this claim 1. does not cite any sources and 2. Only mentions that "Somoza is assassinated in Paraguay".  Thank you for addressing this false source.08:56, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bogus link supporting Allegations that Somoza assasinated by the Argentinian Revolutionary Workers Party 

message: Has anyone run into a source for this, which is on the Dutch wiki page for Nicaragua:
"De naam van het land is afkomstig van Nicarao, de leider van de inheemse stam die rond het Meer van Nicaragua woonde." (The name of the country originated from "Nicarao", the leader of the native tribe which lived around the Lake of Nicaragua). If there's a source for this, it should also go on the English page, as while many possibilities are mentioned, the name of a tribal leader isn't one of them, currently. 217.166.94.1 (talk) 12:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone has added this: http://www.indianerwww.de/indian/staemme_mittelamerika.htm though I'm still looking to see where they got this info from (can't read German well enough to find their sources, if they listed them).  Apparently there's a Spanish version somewhere?  If it gets posted I can look for the sources.  If this is a valid theory, I'm surprised it's not in the English version. 
*edit, there's a PDF in the es.wikipedia, seems pretty good... might add as source.  217.166.94.1 (talk) 15:02, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the Name 

message: In the section that details the civil war of the mid-ninteenth century the article goes onto describe clashes between liberal and conservative ideas. This terminology is too broad. Are we talking about economic liberalism? Social conservatism? Liberal and conservative movements have meant different things at different points in history. All these terms do is label the two sides of a certain issue. What issue are we talking about? Lets be more specific.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.97.224 (talk) 06:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please Specify 

message: According to the article, top echelons of the Somoza regime were involved in Chamorro's assassination. However, most sources, even anti-Somoza sources ("Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family" by Shirley Christian; "Somoza" by Bernard Diederich; and "Blood of Brothers" by Stephen Kinzer), admit that it was never conclusively proven that Somoza was involved. (Note: I am not saying Somoza wasn't involved, only that it was never proven.) As Christian herself has written, Chamorro's death was the last thing Somoza wanted. Firstly, because Somoza knew that killing Chamorro would turn the latter into a martyr and unite his opponents against him. Secondly, because Chamorro and La Prensa were useful to Somoza as "proof" that Nicaragua was supposedly a free country with a free press. HOWEVER: Each of these sources state that one of the most likely culprits was the dictator's son, Tacho.
Therefore, I propose to amend the section to say that "While the identity and motivation of Chamorror's murderer remain unknown, Somoza or his allies were widely believed [insert references here] to have had a hand in the murder." Josh (talk) 03:33, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Pedro Joaquin Chamorro

message: Hi. User Mbhskid520 keeps reversing an edit of mine that I went to extra trouble to substantiate, claiming that there were grammar errors (he could have simply fixed any, if there were), while in effect what he wants to do is push a personal theory of his that the Nicaraguan diaspora has influenced the Spanish spoken not only in adjoining countries, but even as far as Argentina. You can read about this on his talkpage. The postulation is that the speech form of a address voseo is spreading out from Nicaragua. He further refers to voseo as a "dialect", which is not. I did four years of Linguistics at university.    
It is quite apparent that the user does not understand the voseo/ tuteo concept, as can be inferred from this statement that he makes on his talk page: "Salvadorians use the word equipaje and malleta, wheras Nicaraguans use the word valija. Valija is also used in the Rio de Plata region in South America; while equipaje and malleta are both common words used in tuteo speech" - i.e., he is using the usage of different words for suitcase and linking each to either the voseo or tuteo forms of address. He is also citing the Spanish Royal Academy, but the links he provides say absolutely nothing to sustain his claims.
Please see the notes I left on the voseo talkpage.  
For further reading, please go to:
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_American_Spanish#Voseo
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nicaragua
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voseo
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan_Spanish
::: Two related issues, possibly (NPOV issues): 1. The article Nicaraguan Diaspora makes claims about Nicaraguan immigrants in the US that are not supported by articles of reference, eg, Florida (Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans) and California. 2. Some IP on October 6 at 22:23 went and changed the racial make-up of the country, dropping mestizo from 69% to 50% and pushing up white from 17% to 41%, without leaving any edit comments. Oddly enough this IP has edited other articles to add mentions of Nicaragua (one unsubstantiated, the other falsely attributed a claim to a source that merely mentions a possibility) and he also happens to be from the New York area as is Mbhskid520, according to the WP IP tracking tool. Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 09:46, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Frankly, this made me laugh since you seemed to have taken my words out of context in order to "validate" your argument. As per the diaspora, please see my previous arguments concerning that. As you can see on my talkpage, I said nothing of that Spanish influencing Argentina. Again, out of context. Please read through the text carefully. The countries and their respective Spanish was compared, not one being the parent of the other. 
As for your implied accusations of me editing a page with an IP address, I believe we have grown out of elementary school to be dealing with such nonsense and finger-pointing. 
Once more, you cite articles I have helped write. Thus, if you believe I am incorrect, why do you cite the Central American Spanish webpage, the Languages of Nicaragua page, voseo, Nicaraguan Spanish and T-V distiction? Mbhskid520 (talk) 01:01, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Voseo turning into an edit war

message: Hi Mbhskid520. Ok, let's agree that we are complicating the issue, which actually quite simple. Let me start of by apologising for the caps, they were not meant to indicate any shouting, but rather to highlight. I do a lot of editing, but seldom use anything other than simple text, as that is all that is normally required. So, I could have used bold, but I'd have had to look up how to do it. As for the IP issue, unfortunately I learned that here at the Wikipedia people fight dirty and collect evidence for when others come and try to resolve. Sorry about that, there was no call for that. 
From my side, I was correcting calling voseo a dialect, which you agree it is not. Then I removed reference to "the epicenter of voseo". Perhaps we can find a reliable source on the possible impact that the Nicaraguan use of voseo is having among communities where significant communities of members of the Nicaraguan diaspora have taken root. I can give a parallel - In Portugal, there is today a large Brazilian community, especially in the big cities. In common speech, Brazilians use você (with its verb conjugation), whereas the Portuguese use tu (with its verb conjugation). It is quite common to see Portuguese people use the você form when addressing Brazilians, even though in Portugal você is equivalent to usted. They switch between the two forms - and the conjugations - depending on whether they are speaking to fellow Portuguese or to Brazilians. I, an Angolan living in South Africa, do it at home speakig to my Brazilian wife. What I am getting at, it that it is possible that host communities that normally do not use as much voseo as the Nicaraguans, might be using voseo when speaking to Nicaraguans. Does that make sense? That might then be perceived as a shift towards a greater use of voseo. In Portugal, one could easily say that the Portuguese are now using more você if one heard them in public. I just came back from there, where I spent two months on holiday, and therefore right in the middle of Brazilians as many of them work in the tourism business, restaurants, bars, cafes. Back in the offices or at home, they switch, just like swuitching register. In fact, it becomes a register issue, as in fact Portuguese will spice up the conversation with Brazilians by peppering it with the colourful Brazilian slang. 
Anyway, I have no doubt that we can solve this without resorting to revert, undo. I am certanly open to it. Un abrazo, Rui Gabriel Correia (talk) 15:35, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: For the time being, I guess your edits should remain here. Sorry for not responding. I still have midterms out here!
Regards,
Mbhskid520 (talk) 22:02, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Agreement on Voseo

message: In th Nicaragua imigration section why isn't there any true intformation on there? There is well over half a million of Nicaraguans that live in costa rica and around 50,000 that live in El Salvador. All because these two countries have jobs something that Nicaragua doesn't have. plus many leave the extreme poverty in Nicaragua. Here is some articles that information needs to be on there any costa rican, salvadoran or central american person that comes across this article will ofcourse imediately know that it is very untrue.
http://www.facesofcostarica.com/economics/gonzalez.htm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15218365
http://mondediplo.com/2007/01/12nicaragua
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2007/12/03/nicaraguans_find_usa_in_booming_costa_rica/Isaiah's Mom (talk) 18:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I dont think you understand the point of the section.  On articles about countries, under immigration, the major discussion is about people coming into the country.  Take a look at other articles that have immigration sections and you will see that the same format is followed.  Brusegadi (talk) 19:45, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Immigration refers to people entering a country.  Emigration refers to people leaving a country.  Plazak (talk) 19:02, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Because no one has written them.  I know that Guatemala and El Salvador have very high crime rates (high enough that Saca ran on a 'Mano Dura' platform...) I dont know about Honduras, but you are probably right in that it has high crime rates.  If someone adds a well-sourced piece I am sure that it will stay since it probably carries enough weight.  Brusegadi (talk) 03:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nicaraguan Imigrants

message: This article ought to include the British English pronunciation of "Nica-RAG-yua".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.32.58 (talk) 07:59, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: The lead is too long. It needs to be shorter and more concise, which means some material has to go back into the sections below; not everything is important.  Sources for material for the article in the English Wikipedia need to be in English or available in English, per WIKI guidelinesParkwells (talk) 19:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The lead reads very much as if it has been written by the Ministry of Tourism as an inducement to attract tourists and international business investment. The lead section needs to be brought into conformity with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (lead section). Examples that should be emulated include Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Peru, and Turkey. All of these are featured articles, and not one of these has a lead section exceeding four paragraphs. DiverDave (talk) 03:45, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead is too long

message: I would like to point out that the section about Contras and Sandinistas is full of information about the United States and not what happend in Nicaragua, which brings up questions of relevancy and within that potential political bias.  There is far more complex history involved from a Nicaraguan perspective in terms of how the Contras began, as noted in the article on Contras in Wikipedia.  Political bias risk exists because the Sandinista-Contra is historically a controversial subject widely observed and percieved differently by both conservative and liberal parties worldwide. An overview of the Regan Administration's actions does not give an objective or fair observation of the conflict. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.212.27.12 (talk) 00:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Any suggestions and concrete examples of bias?  Thanks, Brusegadi (talk) 03:12, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Contras

message: According to the definition of the Western Hemisphere linked in the article, and the numbers, Nicaragua is by far _not_ the second poorest country in the western hemisphere. On what information is the information that it is so build?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.177.237.237 (talk) 06:45, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poverty 

message: There is a claim HERE that Nicaragua has regions. Can anyone verify or negate this? Thank you. Rarelibra (talk) 20:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think this is true, never heard of it nor read it in any official site or document. I don't think Nicaraguans are aware of the supposedly use from this Regions. Maybe this are not politicar or administrative divisions, but rather sound to me as Geological divisions or  Disaster security divisions. 
Lordofsolrac
Yes Nicaragua has two Autonomous Regions. The RAAN (Region Autonoma del Atlantico Norte, in english Autonomous Region of the Northern Atlantic) and the RAAS (Region Autonoma del Atlantico Sur, in englixh Autonomous Region of the Southern Atlantic)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.54.165 (talk) 21:25, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I just read information that has said that Nicaragua is formed by four major regions, although I'm not complete sure this is true.  I found this website http://www.nicaragua.com/regions/ that gives a list of the regions of Nicaragua, as I originally thought.--MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 21:36, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Nicaragua has regions?

message: I have begun improving the references in this article. This will involve both expansion and reformatting of existing sources, and replacing questionable sources with reliable sources. I believe refs #1-#18 are acceptable at this point, but much arduous work lies beyond that. DiverDave (talk) 05:01, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: How much progress has been made in this process? I would like to help is possible.MrNiceGuy1113 (talk) 22:01, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference improvement

message: Can someone please delete or edit that table to where there are up to date census figures? It is extremely outdated, the population figures are most likely from the early 1990's. Managua has had a population of over a million for well over a decade now, and Granada most certainly has over 100,000 inhabitants.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.164.135.250 (talk) 16:58, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicaragua's Largest Cities 

message: The Sandinista movement was influenced by the communist movement during the cold war in the mid 20th century. Today, the FSLN has evolved from a communist to more of a socialist movement. The opposition party in Nicaragua is the Constitutionalist Liberal Party. They want to follow responsible democratic capitalism like the Republicans and Democrats do in the United States. The Sandinistas have trouble conforming with that idea because of the history of the United States' occupation and involvment in Nicaragua the past century, as well as Somoza's irresponsible nondemocratic capitalist practices. Both parties in Nicaragua do want a true democracy though, whether it's socialism or capitalism. 76.121.99.198 (talk) 18:42, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicaragua leaned toward Communism in the 1980's before becoming recognized as Socialist in 1990 

message: Quite frankly, I don't think ANY of the numbers in this article are to be trusted. For example, at one point in the article you read that in 1988 the county's inflation as at 13,000%, then just a couple sentences later we are told it was 33,000% in 1988. At another point we are told the population of Managua is/was 973,087. then in the very next section we are told Managua is a city of 1.8 million people - twice as many people! These are just two examples. The entire article is rife with contradictory information. Todd Carnes (talk) 16:14, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Statistics in this article are all messed up 

message: Hmm...I'm nicaraguan and we don't eat guinea pigs, guinea pigs are not even native of this country, the only way you can have a guinea pig here is buying it at a pet store, and we do not eat our pets. :) 190.212.81.21 (talk) 19:35, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  About the gastronomy 

message: This article appears to be in need of updating.  For example, it mentions (as of 20140813) that Daniel Ortega's term as president ends in "2012".  Obviously, Ortega is still president so that's a fact that needs revision.  konetidy (talk) 18:31, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs updating? 

message: Is there a good reason that the Contras, and the civil war, should not be mentioned in the lead? There is currently only a rather bland mention of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Vanamonde93 (talk) 04:09, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contras in lead 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The 1974 murder and kidnapping was carried out for a political purpose. That meets all of the characteristics of terrorism. So why refer to the "perpetrators of the kidnapping, described by opponents of the kidnapping as "terrorists""? Are there supporters of kidnapping and murder?Royalcourtier (talk) 23:39, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  1974 kidnapping 

message: The revolution was not really a process over the 1960's and 70's as suggested. Further more there is no details about the Sandanistas coming to power. There wasn't simply a sudden change from one dictatorship to another.Royalcourtier (talk) 23:40, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revolution 

message: The health subsection under demographics is poorly developed and is not up-to-date. There is no mention of Nicaragua's Health Ministry MINSA, nor anything about Nicaragua's health system or infrastructure. This article should include more information about Nicaragua's broad and heavy disease burden as well as its struggles with coming up with the resources to treat patients with more specialized needs. This article lacks basic fundamental information about Nicaragua's healthcare system, and it is in need of desperate improvement in this regard. I hope to work on developing a special specific page for this topicMtran99 (talk) 07:29, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Updating Health Section

message: I wanted to refer you all to my user page Mtran99 (talk) 17:39, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to write Healthcare in Nicaragua Wiki Page

message: Hello all, I would like to direct you to the Healthcare in Nicaragua page that I started and have added to. I would appreciate any advice or comments on how to improve this article, as well as the healthcare section on this page, which I have recently edited. Thanks so much! Mtran99 (talk) 04:31, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I recently nominated this page for "Good Article Status" and would appreciate if any of you would like to review it. Please feel free to leave comments on the page's talk page as well. Thanks! Mtran99 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 23:05, 12 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Healthcare in Nicaragua

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I came to this article trying to find 1: The most common languages in Nicaragua and 2: the climate in Nicaragua. I could not find either of these. All the other country articles I went to had this information, but not this one.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.5.104.20 (talk) 14:52, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lacking important information 

message: The etymology section has no valid sources for the names given. The foot note link does not provide the indicated data, nor is the target website a reliable, well researched source. The Nahuatl word forms need revision. Mexkalātsīntli (talk) 17:14, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology messed up 

message: The lack of information regarding pre-Columbian history and culture of Nicaragua is concerning. There is certainly underrepresentation of native histories and narratives of Nicaragua that should be addressed. By painting an image of Nicaragua as a solely hunter-gatherer society with no cultural complexities or histories, the article as a whole reflects poorly on the accurate history of the country and its indigenous people. Particularly because there seems to be a convergence of Aztec and Maya cultural groups in the area, it would be great to see more relevant research on the pre-colonization cultural history. A historical account of Nicaragua that materially begins with colonization serves to undermine the existence and importance of the natives who inhabited the country prior to conquest. The history of Nicaragua does not begin at colonization. --Brimo1014 (talk) 00:41, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lacking pre-Columbian cultural history