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Which country has the lowest life expectancy, despite its rich natural resources of oil, gold and diamonds?
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For which countries are Protestants mentioned as larger religious groups?

Properties
Participations

Property	Type	Value	Unit	Rank	Empirical method	Date	Comparison
Birth rate	Population property	22.77	Per 1000 Inhabitants	77	Estimation	2010	Birth rate
Death rate	Population property	4.28	Per 1000 Inhabitants	205	Estimation	2010	Death rate
Infant Mortality Rate	Health property	24.16	Per 1000 Live Births	88	Estimation	2010	Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy at Birth	Population property	71.78	Years	129	Estimation	2010	Life Expectancy at Birth
Net Migration Rate	Population property	-1.09	Per 1000 Inhabitants	122	Estimation	2010	Net Migration Rate
Population growth rate	Population property	1.74	Percent	72	Estimation	2010	Population growth rate
Total Fertility Rate	Population property	2.51	Born per Woman	90	Estimation	2010	Total Fertility Rate
Electricity production	Economic property	3286	Gigawatt hour	122	Estimation		Electricity production
Natural gas consumption	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	155	Estimation		Natural gas consumption
Natural gas production	Economic property	0	1 Mil. Cubic metre	154	Estimation		Natural gas production
GDP growth rate	Economic property	-2.90	Percent	161	Estimation		GDP growth rate
GDP - per capita (PPP)	Economic property	2800	Dollar	169	Estimation		GDP - per capita (PPP)
GDP	Economic property	16510	Million dollar	131	Estimation		GDP
Industrial production growth rate	Economic property	-6.00	Percent	114	Estimation		Industrial production growth rate
Inflation rate	Economic property	4.30	Percent	133	Estimation		Inflation rate
Oil consumption	Economic property	29	1000 Barrel per day	114	Estimation		Oil consumption
Oil production	Economic property	0	1000 Barrel per day	152	Estimation		Oil production
Unemployment rate	Economic property	5.90	Percent	56	Estimation		Unemployment rate
Area	Geo property	130370	Square kilometer	97			Area
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate	Health property	0.20	Percent	106			HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate
HIV/AIDS - deaths	Health property	500		90			HIV/AIDS - deaths
People living with HIV/AIDS	Health property	7700		114			People living with HIV/AIDS
Population size	Population property	5995928		107			Population size

Organisation / Group	Aim	status
Latin American Integration Association	to promote freer regional trade	observer
Central American Bank for Economic Integration	to promote economic integration and development
Central American Common Market	to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market
Food and Agriculture Organization	to raise living standards and increase availability of agricultural products;a UN specialized agency
Group of 77	to promote economic cooperation among developing countries;name persists in spite of increased membership
Inter-American Development Bank	to promote economic and social development in Latin America
International Atomic Energy Agency	to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	to provide economic development loans;a UN specialized agency
International Civil Aviation Organization	to promote international cooperation in civil aviation;a UN specialized agency
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS;formerly League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies or LORCS) in peacetime
International Development Association	to provide economic loans for low-income countries;UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Fund for Agricultural Development	to promote agricultural development;a UN specialized agency
International Finance Corporation	to support private enterprise in international economic development;a UN specialized agency and IBRD affiliate
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies	to organize, coordinate, and direct international relief actions;to promote humanitarian activities;to represent and encourage the development of National Societies;to bring help to victims of armed conflicts, refugees, and displaced people;to reduce the vulnerability of people through development programs
International Labor Organization	to deal with world labor issues;a UN specialized agency
International Monetary Fund	to promote world monetary stability and economic development;a UN specialized agency
International Maritime Organization	to deal with international maritime affairs;a UN specialized agency
International Criminal Police Organization	to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime
International Olympic Committee	to promote the Olympic ideals and administer the Olympic games: 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK;2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
International Organization for Migration	to facilitate orderly international emigration and immigration
Inter-Parliamentary Union	fosters contacts among parliamentarians, considers and expresses views of international interest and concern with the purpose of bringing about action by parliaments and parliamentarians, contributes to the defense and promotion of human rights, contributes to better knowledge of representative institutions
International Telecommunications Satellites Organization	to act as a watchdog over Intelsat, Ltd., a private company, to make sure it provides on a global and non-discriminatory basis public telecommunication services
International Telecommunication Union	to deal with world telecommunications issues;a UN specialized agency
International Trade Union Confederation	to promote the trade union movement
Latin American Economic System	to promote economic and social development through regional cooperation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency	encourages flow of foreign direct investment among member countries by offering investment insurance, consultation, and negotiation on conditions for foreign investment and technical assistance;a UN specialized agency
Nonaligned Movement	to establish political and military cooperation apart from the traditional East or West blocs
Organization of American States	to promote regional peace and security as well as economic and social development
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean	to encourage the peaceful uses of atomic energy and prohibit nuclear weapons
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	to enforce the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among the signatories of the Convention
Permanent Court of Arbitration	to facilitate the settlement of international disputes
PetroCaribe	to eliminate existing social inequities, to foster high standards of living, to promote effective people's participation in shaping their own destiny
Rio Group	to consult on regional Latin American issues
Central American Integration System	to strengthen democracy;to set up a new model of regional security;to promote freedom;to achieve a regional system of welfare and economic and social justice;to attain economic unity and strengthen the area as an economic bloc;to act as a bloc in international matters
United Nations	to maintain international peace and security and to promote cooperation involving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	to promote international trade
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	to promote cooperation in education, science, and culture
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	to ensure the humanitarian treatment of refugees and find permanent solutions to refugee problems
United Nations Industrial Development Organization	UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development especially among the members
Union Latina	to project, protect, and promote the common heritage and unifying identities of the Latin, and Latin-influenced, world
World Tourism Organization	to promote tourism as a means of contributing to economic development, international understanding, and peace
Universal Postal Union	to promote international postal cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Customs Organization	to promote international cooperation in customs matters
World Federation of Trade Unions	to promote the trade union movement
World Health Organization	to deal with health matters worldwide;a UN specialized agency
World Intellectual Property Organization	to furnish protection for literary, artistic, and scientific works;a UN specialized agency
World Meteorological Organization	to sponsor meteorological cooperation;a UN specialized agency
World Trade Organization	to provide a forum to resolve trade conflicts between members and to carry on negotiations with the goal of further lowering and/or eliminating tariffs and other trade barriers

Names

Nicaragua : Name
Republic of Nicaragua : Longname
Nicaragua : Name
- Local
Republica de Nicaragua : Longname
- Local

Description

The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador caused the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. Free elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, saw the Sandinistas defeated, but voting in 2006 announced the return of former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra. The 2008 municipal elections were characterized by widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt, but democratic institutions face new challenges under the ORTEGA administration.