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Bluefields is the capital of the South Caribbean Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. It was also the capital of the former Kingdom of Mosquitia, and later the Zelaya Department, which was divided into North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions. It is located on Bluefields Bay at the mouth of the Bluefields River in the municipality of the ...
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Afro-Nicaraguans are Nicaraguans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Five main distinct ethnic groups exist: The Creoles who descend from Anglo-Caribbean countries and many of whom still speak Nicaragua English Creole, [3] the Miskito Sambus descendants of Spanish slaves and indigenous Central Americans who still speak Miskito and/or Miskito Coast Creole, [4] the Garifunas descendants of Zambos ...
U.S. Marines leaving New York City in 1909 for deployment in Nicaragua. Then-Colonel William P. Biddle, in charge of the detachment, is in civilian clothes at right.. In 1909 Nicaraguan President José Santos Zelaya of the Liberal Party faced opposition from the Conservative Party, led by governor Juan José Estrada of Bluefields who received support from the U.S. government as a result of ...
Nicaragua is one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, and Nicaragua's Caribbean coast suffers from an exceptional amount of economic underdevelopment and poverty. [10] Rama who reside in urban areas such as Bluefields suffer from discrimination and unemployment due to their ethnic identity. [ 7 ]
View of Rama Cay, Nicaragua. Rama Cay is an island in the Bluefields Lagoon on the eastern coast of Nicaragua.During the 17th or 18th century, the more powerful Miskito awarded the island to the Rama people in recognition of their assistance in fighting off the Terraba Indians.
The first German immigrants settled in Nicaragua in the early 19th century, which had declared its independence from Spain in 1821. In 1844, Prince Charles of Prussia and Otto Victor I von Schönburg had the area around Bluefields on the Miskito coast explored; however, the founding of a Bavarian colony failed shortly afterward. [1]
Based in Bluefields at the country's Caribbean coast, the club has played in the Nicaraguan Premier Division, their most recent the 2008/2009 season. [1] Despite its economic difficulties it features a talented squad, and many of the star players in Nicaragua's top clubs like Real Esteli or Diriangen began their career at Bluefields.