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Nicaragua is located between Honduras and Costa Rica, with Caribbean and Pacific coasts. "The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. ... Free elections in 1990, 1996, and again in 2001 saw the Sandinistas defeated. The country has slowly rebuilt its economy during the 1990s, but was hard hit by Hurricane Mitch in 1998."
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- BBC News Country Profile - Key facts, figures and dates.
- CIA World Factbook - Nicaragua - Information on Nicaraguan geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
- US State Department - Nicaragua - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, Country Study, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Industry Market Reports.
- World Bank Group in Nicaragua - Provides news and events and in-depth analysis with a regional overview, country briefs, data and statistics, publications, development topics, initiatives, projects and programs.
- Nicaragua - A Country Study - Library of Congress Federal Research Division's Country Studies Area Handbook Series. Comprehensive study including geography, history, society, economy, transport and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. Navigable, with table of contents linked to sections. (December 1, 1993)
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