Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a republic in Central America. It is the largest Central American nation but the least densely populated. It is bordered on the north by Honduras and on south by Costa Rica. Its western coastline is on the Pacific Ocean, while the east side of the country is on the Caribbean Sea. The country's name is a combination of Nicarao, the most populous indigenous tribe when the Spanish arrived, and the Spanish word Agua, meaning water, after the two large lakes in the west of the country, Lago Managua and Lago Nicaragua.

Further Reading

• After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua Florence E. Babb
• Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua Stephen Kinzer
• The Civil War in Nicaragua: Inside the Sandinistas Roger Miranda and William Ratliff
• Contradiction and Conflict : The Popular Church in Nicaragua Debra Sabia
• The Contras, 1980-1989 : A Special Kind of Politics R. Pardo-Maurer
• The Country Under My Skin : A Memoir of Love and War Gioconda Belli
• Dark Alliance : The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion Gary Webb
• The Death of Ben Linder: The Story of a North American in Sandinista Nicaragua Joan Kruckewitt
• To Die in This Way: Nicaraguan Indians and the Myth of the Mestizaje 1880-1965 Jeffrey L. Gould
• The Jaguar Smile : A Nicaraguan Journey Salman Rushdie
• Life Is Hard: Machismo, Danger, and the Intimacy of Power in Nicaragua Roger N. Lancaster
• Life Stories of the Nicaraguan Revolution Denis Lynn Daly Heyck
• Mothers of Heroes and Martyrs: Gender Identity Politics in Nicaragua 1979 - 1999 Lorraine Bayard de Volo
• My Car in Managua Forrest D. Colburn and Roger Sanchez Flores
• Nicaragua Thomas Walker
• Nicaragua Betrayed Anastasio Somoza and Jack Cox
• Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family Shirley Christian
• The Patient Impatience: From Boyhood to Guerilla : A Personal Narrative of Nicaragua's Struggle for Liberation Tomas Borge
• The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua Timothy C. Brown
• Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution Matilde Zimmermann
• Sandinista Communism and Rural Nicaragua Janusz Bugajski
• Sandinistas: The Party And The Revolution Dennis Gilbert
• Sandinistas Speak Tomas Borge
• The Sandino Affair Neill MacAulay
• Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle Margaret Randall and Lynda Yanz
• Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990 Robert Kagan
• The War in Nicaragua William Walker
• Washington, Somoza and the Sandinistas : Stage and Regime in US Policy toward Nicaragua 1969-1981 Morris H. Morley
• Washington's War on Nicaragua Holly Sklar
• With the Old Corps in Nicaragua George B. Clark