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In doing this they also had to implement rationing so that the consumption of domestic crops would be lowered. The war made it very hard to sustain the economy and Nicaragua’s regular economy took a direct hit. Trade and investment plummeted, unemployment soared to 25 percent, and inflation reached
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for 20 basic goods, including rice, sugar, milk, and toilet paper. At this time, the FSLN were fighting an expensive war against the
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more than 36,000 percent by 1988. From 1980 to 1990, Nicaragua’s average real
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fell 35 percent, and the incidence of poverty rose to 44 percent.
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FSLN
rationing
Contra
Reagan Administration
per capita income
Rationing in Cuba


A Short History of Nicaragua
Dave Kopel
Independence Institute


Submerging Markets : Nicaragua Archives
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Economic history of Nicaragua
Rationing by country
Regulation in Nicaragua
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