About Nicaragua: 
President: Daniel Ortega (2007)
Land area: 46,430 sq mi
Population (2014): 5,848,641
Capital and Largest city: Managua, 970,000
Monetary unit: Gold cordoba
National name: República de Nicaragua
Languages: Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%
Ethnicity/Race: mestizo 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
Following are brief points about the government of Nicaragua which are further expanded upon in my Final Project page.
Somoza regime
- Anastasio Somoza Garcia (1937-1947) (1950-1956)
- Luis Somoza Debayle (1956-1963)
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1967-1972) (1974-1979)
The Sandinista Revolution: Fight for Freedom
- Overthrew Somoza regime in 1979 (1979-1990)
- Sandinista constitution
The Sandinista Revolution: Contra War
- Rebel groups against the Sandinistas
- Upset with the Sandinista land policies
- Number of contra fighters increased from fewer than 2,000 to up to 6,000 Contra fighters.
- Nicaraguan Democratic Force
- Carried out more than 1300 terrorist attacks