Just got back from BevMo, went to buy a bottle of FDC, going to make Banana Foster and as we all know it is a sin to use anything else.

So I am looking at the prices (I know I could buy it much cheaper in Nica but the price of the flight...I am just happy I can get it at all), I am kinda confused.

4 Year old White $12.99 5 Year old $12.99 Does any one drink 5 year old? 7 Year old $24.99! 12 Year old $32.99

Why is the 12 year old only $6.00 more? I am not a lover so I am not sure what the price is in Nica.

Is there much difference between the two towns?

Other than Matagalpa being a little closer to Managua and a little bigger they seem identical.

Also, numerous people say you can find a decent place to live for under $200 US a month. With food so cheap how could it cost someone $600-700 a month just to live?

Thanks

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April 22-28, 2012

This is a nightmare;

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/fatca_a_ticking_time_bomb_for_the...

Has anyone heard more about this and how it will effect US citizens living outside the US?

Has it been another year? That’s right today is Ground Hog Day, the official Expat holiday in Masachopa/Pochemil. So true to the Movie, I guess it will be like ever other day. “Is today Monday or Friday?”

I just spoke to Alamo's international rental desk and they have no record of the reservation I made for a 4x4 from the SJDS location. Not only that, but Alamo doesn't even show that have a SJDS location. There is no phone number for the SJDS location on the AlamoNicaragua website and my email attempts have gone unanswered. Has anyone run into this before? Should I just show up and hope they have a truck available? Any suggestion would be appreciated. I need a truck or SUV for Feb 6-10th if anyone can help, Thanks!

Or the Lack of it: This article: http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2012/02/01/portada/89185 discusses the sad sate of affairs for primary education in Nicaragua - Qualified as one the the WORST int he world. Secondary schooling is no better with the expenditure per student being one of lowest in the region and the % of the GDP spent on education does even come to the standard 7% recommended (i think it is now at 4% of GDP)

To most of you, it does not matter, to me it is a BIG headache and a worry.

An article in The Miami Herald reports on a 30 year reunion of some ex-Contras. It offers a reminder of how involved the US was in the conflict and why you are likely to hear a different story about the 1980s from Nicaraguans in Miami then those who stayed in Nicaragua.

One new (to me) piece of information was the Argentine involvement in the start of the CIA-financed training of the Contras. I knew of the involvement but didn't know why.