Daughter-in-law is Nica, son and she live there 6 mos./yr. We go there. She and our granddaughter have dual citizenship.
Nicaragua is the safest of all Central American countries; drug culture not dominant, cultural ethics prohibit home invasions if anyone is home (all bets off if house is unoccupied, or your cook is there alone but is in bed with the bad guys); Nica’s love Americans, are warm and affectionate, and even the Sandinista’s have come to hate Ortega since he’s exposed himself as only being out for himself and power.
Big push of American’s to go there & develop places until Ortega was re-elected and now is probably dictator-for-life. But seems to be picking up again.
Not a bad place at all, especially the Pacific side. Very poor, 2nd only to Haiti. Learn where to NOT go. It will break your heart - unless you don’t have one.
We’re thinking of a family farm there......
NIcaragua is an interesting (and counterintuitive) choice. As I posted elsewhere, the government is way too poor to have the resources to really mess with you. They’re too busy with monopolizing electricity generation to charge outrageous fees. In some very odd way, you have more freedom living in Nicaragua than you do in the US.
Also, even though much of the country is very hot, they have some beautiful mountainous areas where they grow coffee and its very cool.
Very, very poor people, though. If you would like to help out, there’s lots of opportunities to do a lot of good, and see the results immediately and personally.