Word: nicaragua
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...Nicaragua's impoverished countryside, peasants toil under the sun using the same farming techniques as their ancestors did 300 years ago. Shuffling through small plots of land, farmers use a stick to poke holes in the ground into which seeds are dropped, before scraping the dirt back into place with their foot. Then it's time to pray for rain and hope God delivers consistently through the germination period. It's hard to imagine Nicaragua's rustic peasants being called on to save the day as the global food crisis has doubled average food prices in Latin America over...
...recently, shock-art has had a little extra spice added. In their thirst for authenticity, artists are increasingly trying to bring real acts of cruelty and horror into the art gallery—Shvarts’ miscarriage extravaganza is just one example. In Nicaragua, Costa Rican artist Guillermo Habacuc Vargas found himself a stray dog, tied it up in the corner without food or water, and let visitors watch it die (though there remains speculation over whether the dog was removed before it actually expired...
...Harvard Project for Sustainable Development (HPSD) discovered a similar water sanitation problem in Los Jobos, Nicaragua, a rural community of only 250 people in northern Nicaragua...
This year, the group has dedicated itself to expanding computer literacy in Nicaragua and increasing the number of computers at El Instituto Nacional Francisco Luis Espinoza, a large public school in the nearby city of Esteli that accepts many students from HPSD’s partner communities...
Meyerowitz adds that since access to dental care in rural Nicaragua is limited, HPSD also plans to educate students, parents, and teachers about dental hygiene and preventative care, such as brushing and flossing...