Way of Life in Nicaragua

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Way of Life in Nicaragua

Most Nicaraguans are mestizos. That is that they have white and

Indian ancestors. Their way of life is somewhat similar to that of Spanish

Americans in other Central American countries. Most people belong to the

Roman Catholic Church and speak Spanish. Most of Nicaragua's people are

poor farmers. Many of those in the Pacific Region are peasants who work on

their own farms, cooperatives, state farms, or large private farms. In

warmer areas, agriculture workers live in metal roofed houses. In the

colder areas of the Central Highlands, they live in adobe houses with tile

roofs.

The only Indian groups in Nicaragua that follow their own languages

and their old ways of life are in the thinly populated Caribbean Region. In

the early 1980's some of these Indians became involved in anti-government

things. Because of this, the government moved some Indian groups from

their homes near the border to areas in the interior of Nicaragua.

Education

Nicaragua has a law that requires children to go t...

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