Talk:History of Nicaragua

message: "and pineapples were the staple foods." Hi, I am a new user....Just read this about pre-colombian nicaragua and I always thought that pineapples were introduced from Hawaii as a cash crop in the 20th century....
::::That would be much the opposite.  Pineapples were introduced to Hawai'i in the mid- to late 19th century.  Pineapple is native to the South American mainland (it's a bromeliad), and was a long-established pre-Columbian food staple as far north as what is now Mexico. ...  However, plantains are native to Indomalaya and Australasia, which means the pre-Columbian natives very likely could not have eaten plantains as sustenance. Nimbvs (talk) 20:31, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: pineapples & plantains

message: Which terrorists? Which groups or countries? Does anyone know? Mr. Jones 14:52, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "links to international terrorists" 

message: An anon has twice inserted a statement that the opposition refused to participate in the election.  If this assertion is properly sourced, I have no problem with including it, and there may be pro and con POV's about why (they knew the election was rigged versus they knew that they'd get stomped fairly).  What's clearly POV, though, is to insert it as an implicit counterargument to the certification of the election as fair.  The phrasing that I'm again deleting implies the POV that the international observers should have judged the election unfair because of the opposition's attitude. JamesMLane 01:27, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: 1984 election

message: I have edited some POV wording and inserted additional sources in the section Sandinista Period. It previously read, "The fears of opposition groups were apparently well founded, as it was later discovered that the FSLN had, in fact, been actively suppressing right-wing opposition parties while leaving moderate parties alone, with Ortega claiming that the moderates "presented no danger and served as a convenient facade to the outside world." --Surcer (talk) 20:01, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Your edits are not consistent with the NPOV policy.  For example, you wrote: "While critics of U.S. policy claimed that the rebels were extremely unpopular and that their military command was almost exclusively dominated by ex-National Guardsmen, in reality a wide variety of disaffected elements of Nicaraguan society eventually join different Contra fronts . . . ."  This presentation is manifestly biased, in that one side "claimed" something, but "in reality" the opposite was true.  With regard to the 1984 election, you've removed the objective fact that international observers validated its fairness, but you assert as a fact the unattributed opinion that there was "widespread government-sponsored violence".  If you have a reference for some right-wing leader or CIA operative or whoever making this charge about the election, we can include the opinion, properly attributed to the person holding that opinion, with a citation.  Otherwise, please remember that we do not take sides in such controversies. JamesMLane 00:22, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  de-Sandinistization 

message: In current article there's no mention of Greater Republic of Central America (1896-1898). How come? --romanm (talk) 16:58, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greater Republic of Central America 

message: in this section, the first part of the following sentence makes no sense: 
However, the primary opposition candidate was constituted by the US-backed Arturo Cruz, who succumbed to pressure not to take part in the 1984 elections, under heavy pressure from the United States government Wayne S. Smith, "Lies About Nicaragua," Foreign Policy (Summer 1987), while other opposition parties such as the Conservative Democratic Party and the Independent Liberal party were both free to denounce the Sandinista government and participate in the electionsThe Electoral Process in Nicaragua: Domestic and International Influences," Latin American Studies Organization.
Can someone with the facts please fix it.  Thanks Hmains 17:58, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sandinista period

message: I removed the reference to Nicaragua's post-revolution army with 75,000 soldiers being 'larger than that of Mexico' since there was no reference.  The page on the Army_of_Mexico states that the Mexican armed forces are notably small for a country of that size and number around 517,000 so the claim is unlikely unless the armed forces were much smaller even than the current levels at the time.Erik Corry 12:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparison with Mexican Army

message: I corrected the date of the Boland amendment to 1982 from 1987.  I would like to add something about the motivation for the amendment if a source can be found.  I would also like to correct 'attempted to fund the contras' to 'funded the contras' if a reference can be found.Erik Corry 12:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Date of the Boland Amendment

message: This is really useful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.84.194.209 (talk) 22:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  thanks 

message: There's something wrong with the introductory statement; it's the 'Canal Zone' which lies in the middle of the Isthmus, not 'Nicaragua'.  J. Peterka 04:47, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do so =). This article really didn't have an intro so i tried to get something similar to History of the United States's intro, which looked very nice. I just ended copying the first sentence from the main Nicaragua article.  LaNicoya  •TALK• 21:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done!  Fixed 'Nicaragua' article too.  J. Peterka 23:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History of Nicaragua

message: I check hi azalea middle kids
 pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :History of Nicaragua's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "CA":
From Sandinista National Liberation Front: 
From Ronald Reagan: 
From Nicaragua: 
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 09:59, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:History of Nicaragua]] 

message: "In 1569, the first Spaniards entered the region of what would become known as Nicaragua."
..."In 1524, he established permanent settlements..."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Green daemon (talk • contribs) 21:32, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spanish Conquest: dates? 

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message: Template:Years in Nicaragua has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. -- M2545 (talk) 13:33, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nomination for deletion of Template:Years in Nicaragua 

message: I propose that Political history of Nicaragua should be merged into this article, as it has many issues and duplicates much of the content in this better article. Thank you, GreyGreenWhy (talk) 19:35, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Klbrain (talk) 12:29, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Proposal