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Nicaragua: People And Way Of Life

Most Nicaraguans are mestizos. That is that they have white and
Indian ancestors. There way of life is somewhat similar to that of Spanish
Americans in other Central American countries. Most people belong to the
Roman Catholic Church and speak Spanish. Most of Nicaragua's people are
poor farmers. Many of those in the Pacific Region are peasants who work on
their own farms, cooperatives, state farms, or large private farms. In
warmer areas, agriculture workers live in metal roofed houses. In the
colder areas of the Central Highlands, they live in adobe houses with tile
roofs.

The only Indian groups in Nicaragua that follow their own languages
and their old ways of life are in ...

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was that
there weren't many schools around where they lived. Nicaragua did not have
enough schools, and many rural areas had no schools at all. But since then
the new government has built hundreds of schools. The government also held
a successful literacy campaign headed mainly by young volunteer teachers.

Nicaragua has two universities. The national University of Nicaragua,
in Le�n and Managua, is the older and larger one. It was founded in 1812
and has more than seven thousand students. The Central American University
is a Roman Catholic institution in Managua.

Government

A president heads the government of Nicaragua. The people elect the
president and a legislature called the National Assembly. The president
appoints a Cabinet to help carry out the operations of the government. This
government is very similar to our own government.

The president, most of the Cabinet members, and the majority of the
National Assembly members ...

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Added: 6/18/2005 02:30:22 PM
Category: Geography
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