Amid Protests, Violence, Cancel Your Nicaragua Vacation?

Amid Protests, Violence, Cancel Your Nicaragua Vacation?

In recent months, Nicaragua has descended into violence and chaos. Driving that collapse has been the long-held Marxist, dictatorial instincts and brutal tactics of its president, Daniel Ortega.

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the country’s capital and largest city and is also the third-largest city in Central America, behind Tegucigalpa and Guatemala City.

In the category of Tourism, Nicaragua was once one of the Top Tourist destinations, ranked as the Safest and Fastest growing Tourist location in Central America. Today the country is a war zone of protests and violent killings led by Nicaragua president, Daniel Ortega.

Nicaragua is set between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, is a Central American nation known for its dramatic terrain of lakes, volcanoes and beaches. Vast Lake Managua and the iconic strato volcano Momotombo sit north of the capital Managua.

To its south is Granada, noted for its Spanish colonial architecture and an archipelago of navigable islets rich in tropical bird life.

Amid Protests, Violence, Cancel Your Nicaragua Vacation?

Yes cancel your Nicaragua Vacation at this time. We hope and pray for the people of Nicaragua that some form of piece can be found. Getting rid of president, Daniel Ortega may be a first step. However small Central American Countries have been plagued with Presidents that find it better to suppress and steal from the population then to help the country grow.

Look at Guatemala past president? On 2 September 2015, beset by corruption allegations and having been stripped of his immunity by Congress the day earlier, Pérez presented his resignation. Otto Fernando Pérez Molina was arrested on 3 September 2015.

In April 2015, international prosecutors, with help from the UN, presented evidence of a customs corruption ring (“La Línea“) in which discounted tariffs were exchanged for bribes from importers; prosecutors learned of the ring through wiretaps and financial statements. Vice President Roxana Baldetti resigned on 8 May, and was arrested for her involvement on 21 August