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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 ...
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [1] [2], Nicaragua has a population of 6,850,540. [1] [2].According to a 2014 research published in the journal Genetics and Molecular Biology, European ancestry predominates in 69% of Nicaraguans, followed by African ancestry in 20%, and lastly indigenous ancestry in 11%. [4]
Nicaraguans (Spanish: Nicaragüenses; also called Nicas) are people inhabiting in, originating or having significant heritage from Nicaragua. Most Nicaraguans live in Nicaragua, although there is also a significant Nicaraguan diaspora , particularly in Costa Rica and the United States with smaller communities in other countries around the world.
The state has targeted civilians, including university students, Indigenous and Black Nicaraguans, and members of the Catholic Church. Children and family members are now targeted simply for being ...
Central America is a subregion of the Americas [1] formed by six Latin American countries and one (officially) Anglo-American country, Belize.As an isthmus it connects South America with the remainder of mainland North America, and comprises the following countries (from north to south): Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Left-wing Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega made his political comeback in the 2006 elections, having led Nicaragua through revolution and a civil war before being voted out in 1990.
Lawyer Isabel Lazo’s jobs are being systematically canceled by Nicaragua’s increasingly repressive government. Lazo worked at a university before the government of President Daniel Ortega ...
Nicaragua, [d] officially the Republic of Nicaragua, [e] is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km 2 (50,340 sq mi). With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, [16] it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and Honduras.