Nicaragua - the poorest country in Central America
By Stefanie Koop
bus versus Carts - against the statutory
facets in everyday street scene. © Bolesch
Away from the two-lane Pan-American Highway, the lifeline of Nicaragua, time seems to turn back by years. Who will the next village, is on foot or saddle the horse. Own a car here have the least. Once a day the wrong bus. In the rainy season, many of the unpaved roads are impassable. No comfort problem, but an existential. For many families living in scattered villages. Their income they receive from agriculture. Without passable roads and transportation, people are cut off from any form of trade.
Many children are only fed
poor. © Koop
Severe poverty
Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America , the second poorest in Latin America after Haiti. Formerly a railway network linking the major towns of the country, but that was long ago. Today, around 70 percent of the 5.5 million residents of less than a dollar a day . Drugs have become unaffordable for them. The number of illiterates is growing again . A rapidly rising unemployment rate - estimates, they estimate to 60 percent - forcing thousands of men working for foreign . In order to feed their families hire, they are in Costa Rica or the United States.
How this man many hope
for better times. © Bolesch disease
corruption to all that have made a years of civil war and recurring natural disasters people in the land of mellow. You want only one thing: That it finally goes uphill economically. The fight against corruption is thus the promise of all candidates, across the range of different political parties. Not infrequently, however, that the candidate himself is at fault. With a "clean slate" Politicians have it, however difficult, even if they secure the sympathy of the people. For only those who fight for power by adhering to the harsh rules of the game, it can create up to the top - for morality and honesty is very little space.
