Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Nicaragua-Gobierno


     
     Nicaragua has a Republic Government. They have four branches of government. The Executive, which is the President and the Vice President. The Legislative, National Assembly. The Judicial, which is the Supreme Court, and The Electoral, which is the Supreme Electoral Council. The President of Nicaragua is Daniel Ortega. This is his second term as president.

     Nicaragua has consulates in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and San Francisco. They have had a horrible economy since their Civil War in the 1980's. They are the 2nd poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Nicaragua is the 60th poorest country in the World. They only have a national budget of $6.37 billion. The United States has a national budget of over a trillion dollars.