Nicaragua and the Russians–Again (Elliott Abrams, CFR)

According to USAID, “with a per capita income of $1,239 in 2011, Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.” Moreover, “the average number of years of schooling in Nicaragua is 5.8, the second lowest in the sub-region” and in Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast region, “45 percent of school age boys and 40 percent of girls are not in school, and 25.6 percent of girls and 25.2 % of boys are illiterate.”

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2016/05/16/nicaragua-and-the-russians-again/