Nicaragua Album
Nicaragua has 5.6 million people in a area half the size of Colorado.  In 1979
Samoza was overthrown and replaced with the Communist government
called Sandinista.  There was a civil war and finally a vote was allowed in
1984.  The Sandinista party won with questionable results but was finally
defeated in the next election in 1990.  Nicaragua is the poorest country in
North America.
The port of San Juan del Sur.
Street entertainment in Managua.
Mural in a Granada Mercado.
Vegetable stands along the
highway.
Typical farm in the countryside.
The San Francisco Convent in
Granada.
The active Volcano Mesaya.  It
regularly throws out rocks.
Volcano Concepcion located on a
island in the huge Lake
Nicaragua.
Volcano Mesaya's caldrun of
steam.
Nicaragua is mostly Catholic.  The
schools require uniforms.
A town square in Managua