ocr: NICARAGUA 451 un Official Name: Republic ofNicaragua Capital: Managua Population: 4 million Currency: New cordoba Official Language: Spanish > BOUNDED BY THE PACI IF IC OCEAN to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east, Nicaragua lies at the he art of Central America. Afteri more than 40 yea ars of dictatorship, the Sandini sta revolution in 1978 provoked eleven yea ars of civil Jalapa war, which almost destroyed the economy. Despite unexpectedly losing free elections in 1990, the Sandinistas remain a major political force in a country where poverty and unrest are rising. Leon MANAGUAO4 Lago ...
