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Latin America

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

5. WHICH hemisphere?!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Oct 30, 2014, 05:52 PM

Oct 2014

"The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua

All of Central America is north of the equator.

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Here's Why Nicaragua Is Unbelievably Safe Despite Being Impoverished [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2014 OP

Send kids to school instead of prison? What a novel concept. Scuba Oct 2014 #1

It's a good idea. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #2

Thats fine but they need to work on the impoverished part. Costa Rica is yet lower Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #3

Thanks for another interesting story about another nation. merrily Oct 2014 #4

WHICH hemisphere?! FiveGoodMen Oct 2014 #5

A Rare Indictment of US Atrocities (Nicaragua excerpt) Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #6

"Reagan Was the Butcher of My People:" Fr. Miguel D’Escoto Speaks From Nicaragua Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #7

One big reason Nicaraguan people remained so very poor: US-supported dictator Somosa. Judi Lynn Oct 2014 #8