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The local people call themselves Nicas, but most outsiders refer the people as Nicaraguans. Their main crops are coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, and sesame. For the past several decades, Nicaraguans have endured unrest, dictatorship, and two civil wars. Watch "Destination World". Now Playing. Students from the autonomous regions in the Caribbean received 81, bilingual and monolingual textbooks in local languages.
Also, more than , students received backpacks stocked with school supplies and shoes, which was recognized by parents as an incentive to keep their children in school. It has also been improving the conditions of school environments for learning in selected schools; and strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Education for project management, monitoring and evaluation.
There have been important achievements, such as the implementation of a Teacher Mentoring Program for primary and secondary school teachers, including the training of more than school directors and deputy-directors, and the effective mentoring of more than teachers; in-service training for primary and preschool teachers with more than preschool teachers participating.
The project also provided materials and equipment for teachers and students. In addition, it is planned to build more than 40 schools in prioritized municipalities of Nicaragua, of which several are under construction. All activities are carried out respecting and strengthening the multicultural nature of Nicaragua: Relevant activity documents and school material have been translated into indigenous languages and participatory decision-making mechanisms have been put in place.
The Nicaragua Catastrophe Risk Insurance Project provides access to efficient insurance for sovereign risk associated with natural events, such as tropical cyclones, earthquakes and excess rainfall. The Ministry of Finance prepared for the hurricane season predicted to be more active than average. This money provided short-term liquidity, allowing the government to respond to the emergency while securing other financing. Financial protection is part of the disaster risk financing strategy and operational plan developed with technical assistance from the World Bank.
From to , 29, beneficiaries gained access to improved water supply and 13, people to safe sanitation services. The project not only financed civil works but also helped Nicaragua strengthen municipal and community capacities for the administration, operation and sustainable maintenance of water and sanitation systems in rural areas. The Project also supported the implementation of social programs to spread the benefits of proper hygiene and practices for water conservation, through a range of social learning techniques, including community theaters.
From to June , cadastral information for about , parcels was updated, and more than , families received legal documents for their properties, of which more than 82, are new land titles. All five protected areas within the project were demarcated, labeled and geo-referenced.
Implementing a Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture approach, PAIPSAN brought agricultural and artisanal fishery innovations, nutrition training, good socio-environmental practices, as well as investments to increase value-addition and commercialization to improve family agriculture practices by indigenous, afro descendent and mestizo communities.
On average, the project achieved A total of inhabitants of these communities benefited from the digital literacy campaign which was carried out in Spanish, Mayangna and Miskito. In addition, with the aim of strengthening digital human talent and digital innovation, the project awarded 1, scholarships in English, scholarships in soft skills and 52 scholarships in technical skills related to the information technology industry.
Finally, the project enabled two open innovation centers in the Caribbean Coast Puerto Cabezas and Bluefields where young university students, with the help of mentors and following an open innovation methodology, developed 9 applications.
In addition, statistics management capacity in preparation for the Population and Housing Census improved: Nicaragua now has an updated and redesigned digital cartography for statistical operations in all the municipalities. During the crackdown, Nicaraguan Health Ministry authorities fired at least doctors, nurses, and other health workers from several public hospitals in apparent retaliation for participation in protests or expression of disagreement with government policy.
Forty professors from the National University of Nicaragua accused of supporting or taking part in anti-government demonstrations were also fired in August The IACHR found that authorities threatened public officials with dismissal if they did not participate in pro-government demonstrations.
Another 26, were waiting to have their claims processed. Nicaragua has, since , prohibited abortion in all circumstances, even if a pregnancy is life-threatening or the result of rape or incest. Women and girls who have abortions face prison terms as long as two years.
Medical professionals who perform abortions face sentences of one to six years. The abortion ban forces women and girls facing unwanted pregnancies to have clandestine abortions, risking their health and lives.
The continuing human rights abuses in Nicaragua have been met with strong regional and international condemnation. In May, Nicaragua underwent its Universal Periodic Review UPR at the council, during which 90 delegations submitted recommendations for improving human rights standards in Nicaragua.
The resolution urges the Nicaraguan government to take a series of steps to resume negotiations with the opposition and restore access for international rights-monitoring mechanisms. It instructed the Permanent Council to appoint a commission to undertake diplomatic efforts toward solving the crisis and to produce a report within 75 days.
However, in September, the Ortega government barred the appointed commission from entering the country. The report recommended that Nicaragua guarantee freedoms for civil society, reinstate NGOs and media outlets, pursue investigations, prosecute individuals accused of human rights abuses in the context of the protests, and end arbitrary arrests, among other measures. Since protests began, the US Treasury Department has imposed targeted sanctions against nine Nicaraguan officials responsible for abuses or corruption.
Five were sanctioned in pursuant to Executive Order and the Global Magnitsky Act of , which allows for sanctions against violators of human rights. In June, Canada also imposed targeted sanctions against key Nicaraguan officials.
In October, the European Union adopted a sanctions framework for Nicaragua, which provides a legal mechanism for imposing targeted sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes against top Nicaraguan officials responsible for abuse. Human Rights Watch. World Report
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