A TruthOut article on how the US helps other countries is clearly of international scope but Nicaragua has been a victim of some of this help. As we seem to be working toward WWIII, I think this issue is worth looking at.

Ideas and link at http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/international...

If you are like me you have walked into a hardware store looking for a cosa or a chuncha because you didn't know what it was really called. While there are lot of cases where the correct name is not used and there are some variations in names in the region, I just accidentally found what seems to be a useful resource.

It's been talked about for ages but it looks like it is really happening. http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/international...

Press release and IMF response added.

The photos from the Department/Granada photo gallery have been moved to A42. The move is described in a blog entry.

This sounds pretty interesting. http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/regional/cent...

I regularly get SPAM about a "program" where you pay $100 or $50 or less to get a package to improve your vision. I just got one today. It is always the same thing: Bates' book from 1920 and some trinkets. This time I decided to download the original version of the book and, more important, look for a translation to Spanish.

http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/nicaragua/dev...

The US government tried to force GMO products on El Salvador but the farmers united to defeat the plan. Details on both the plan and the success of the farmers at http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/el-salvador/u...

http://unavoz.overblog.com/2013/09/gringos-retire-in-ecuador-fuck-it-all...

Mike recently said it was (in communicating with non-HushMail users. I think not. My case is presented at http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/security/is-hushmail-secure . Let me know what you think (there).

That's the title of the article but there is a lot of Nicaragua information in it as it compares Honduras to Nicaragua to see how their histories diverged and why. http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/honduras/why-...

http://nicaraguadispatch.com/2014/06/a-sandinista-a-liberal-and-a-busine...

Canal or no, the country is moving in the right direction.

Finally, some Nicaragua news.

http://a42.com/forum/pg/topicview/misc/country-information/nicaragua/new...

(Additional note for Canadians at the end of this post)

Please note that this a thread about how to cash $US dollar bills for cordobas. It is not intended to be a thread about how to transfer money from overseas into Nicaragua. Also, it is based on my personal experience. I am open to correction and hope that people will weigh in with their own observations.

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