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STAT Nicaragua Puerto Rico
Full name Republic of Nicaragua Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Overview <p>Nicaragua is striving to overcome the after-effects of dictatorship, civil war and natural calamities, which have left it one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.</p> <p>Nicaragua has traditionally relied on agricultural exports to sustain its economy, with pushes to diversiy into manufacturing in the 1950s and 1990s. But the country&#039;s meagre national wealth benefited mainly a few elite families of Spanish descent, in particular the Somoza family in the mid-20th century. This dynasty ruled the country with US backing between 1937 and the Sandinista revolution in 1979. </p> <p>The Sandinistas began redistributing property and made huge progress in the spheres of health and education, but their pro-Cuban orientation alarmed the United States, which launched a sustained campaign of embargo and armed subversion. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19735631">Full Article</a> <p>Hispanic, Afro-Caribbean and North American influences meld in Puerto Rico, a self-governing commonwealth that belongs to the United States. </p> <p>The tropical Caribbean territory is urbanised, industrialised and relatively prosperous.</p> <p>The US invaded and occupied Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War of 1898, ending centuries of rule from Spain. The US saw the island as a strategic asset and ran it as a colonial protectorate.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17139243">Full Article</a>

SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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