I have known two Nicaraguas.  The one before 1978, that was stable, peaceful, orderly, prosperous, and very neo-colonial (ie European), in which the great problems of the day were the greedy Somoza family and their "orejas," servile people who had nothing better to do than spy on their "friends and neighbours" and report on them, spread rumors around, so people had to mind what they said in public. 

Nicaragua version two since then has been a sorry place and people of demogoguery, instabililty, violence, disorder, poverty, vulgarity, and a shredded moral fiber as far as the ephemeral nation-state project goes.  It is heartbreaking to see the good people doing nothing or too little, either with their heads in the sand or wanting to cover the sun with their finger as they say, and the bad always manipulating the entire country toward the worst. 

It is the same old make as much money as possible in the shortest amount of time and with the least possible fixed investment while being ready to leave at the first sign of inhospitablilty--what kind of "nation" can that be but a fight or piñata for its few resources.  Others who try to make things better, are repayed with ridicule, insults, attacks, threats, blackmail, prison, exile, assasination.  So people just go about minding their private and immediate family business as best they can.  Others have to get out of there to pursue their careers and want to help but really can't, because the looters and rapists won't have any help unless it is helpful to themselves.