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Nicaragua Overview

Nicaragua is Central America’s largest state on the surface. The country faces the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea and borders Costa Rica and Honduras. Nicaragua also has Central America’s largest freshwater source, Lake Nicaragua (Lake Nicaragua). Capital: Managua Biggest city: Managua State: republic Language: Spanish Religion: catholicism Surface: 129 494 km² Population: 5.9 million […]

Nicaragua Arts and Literature

Nicaragua Arts and Literature

Literature The portal figure in Nicaragua’s literature is the poet Rubén Darío, the founder of Spanish American modernism. Nicaragua has remained the foremost poetry land in Central America during the 20th century. A break with the influence of Darío occurred in the mid-1920’s with José Coronel Urtecho and Joaquín Pasos, characterized by avant-garde language, deep […]