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A traditional dish from Nicaragua is plantains. It's a plantain (like a banana) but fried. I hope you enjoy the video? Sorry about the background sound of my family.

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When I was in 4th grade, my family and I went to Nicaragua for April. When we were there, we went to many natural attractions. One is called  the "Masaya Volcano". Another one, was "Chirst of Mercy" in San Juan del Sur. When we were going to see the statue, you had to hike 1000 steps. We also saw "The Granada Islets" which is 365 islands that were created from a volcanic eruption. They say that there is one for each day of the year.

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There are different types of music in Nicaragua. It's because, Nicaragua is divided into 2 parts. The pacific and the costal. The music in the pacific is "El Gueguense Macho Ratón". In the Costal, Punta is from the Garifuna community. The dance and music is used for a festival called "Palo de Mayo". My step sister and brother participate in the festival every year. My step brother plays the drums and my step sister dances.

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My country is 50,193 square miles, which is 3,000 more than New York which is 47,224 square miles. Meaning Nicaragua is bigger than New York. Even though Nicaragua is larger it only has 6.15 million in population. New York City has 8.62 million.

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The Reason why I choose  to do Nicaragua

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The Reason why I choose  to do Nicaragua

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The reason why I choose Nicaragua for this particular report is because all the other reports I have done been in the past have been about my mom, who's from Dominican Republic. So, this time I wanted to do it on someone else, which is my Stepdad, who's from Nicaragua. And, I went to Nicaragua last April for a month and I wanted to learn more about this country.

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Since June 2013 till today, there's been a problem in Nicaragua called the Nicaragua Protest. In June 2013, many cities of Nicaragua began to protest. Why you may ask, because they were against the social security reforms decreed by the President Daniel Ortega. When Ortega increased the numbers of taxes and decrease the benefits, the people had enough and began to rebel. After a few days of unrest that almost killed thirty people, Ortega announced the cancellation of the reform. But since 2013, the opposition has grown and they want to denounce Ortega and demand his resignation. This has become the largest protest in his government's history. Also, it's the deadliest conflict since the end of Nicaragua's Revolution. So like I was saying earlier, there has been this problem in Nicaragua since 2013. It's now 2018, so please tell me "how will we help solve this problem called the Nicaragua Protest?

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A traditional sport from my country is baseball. Baseball is one of Nicaragua's popular games at there country. Also, the baseball here is very similar to the one here in the states. My step-dad use to play for the coastal team for the country.

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Baseball in Granada, Nicaragua - The Game

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A lot of people don't know that Nicaragua is really divided in two; the pacific and the costal. The pacific side is made up of Indian and Spanish. They are light skinned and speak Spanish. The coastal side is more Caribbean and are mixed with black. The costal people speak a form of creole and English. Until recently in the last 15 years, the costal "black" and pacific people are beginning to accept each other. The issues between the two sides of the country are comparable to the 60s in the US during the civil rights movement. The two sides have different governments, food, music, and culture.

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Félix Rubén Garcí Sarmiento was a Nicaragua poet who was the finding "Father of Modernism" and "The prince of Castilian letter". He was also the person who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement.(Also known as the modernismo). That flourished the end of the 19th century. Over the years,Rubén Darío made 22 poems. His best poem in my opinion is "Fatality".

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The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient;
the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing:
there is no pain as great as being alive,
no burden heavier than that of conscious life.

To be, and to know nothing, and to lack a way,
and the dread of having been, and future terrors...
And the sure terror of being dead tomorrow,
and to suffer all through life and through the darkness,

and through what we do not know and hardly suspect...
And the flesh that temps us with bunches of cool grapes,
and the tomb that awaits us with its funeral sprays,
and not to know where we go,
nor whence we came! ...

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Fatality Poem by Ruben Dario - Poem Hunter

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The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing:there is no pain as great as being alive,no burden heavier than that of conscious life.