Nicaraguan Americans
A Nicaraguan American (Spanish: nicaragüense-americano, nicaragüense-estadounidense, norteamericano de origen nicaragüense or estadounidense de origen nicaragüense) is an American of Nicaraguan descent. They are also referred to as "nica" or "nicoya".
The Nicaraguan American population at the 2010 Census was 348,202. Nicaraguans are the eleventh largest Hispanic group in the United States and the fourth largest Central American population.
More than two-thirds of the Nicaraguan population in the U.S. resides in California or Florida.
In California, Nicaraguans are more dominant in the Greater Los Angeles Area and San Francisco Bay Area. Large populations also reside in the Inland Empire and the cities of Sacramento, San Diego, and San Jose.
In Florida, 90% of Nicaraguans reside in the Miami Metropolitan Area. Miami-Dade County is home to 30% of Nicaraguans residing in the United States.
Cultural[edit]
Nicaraguan Americans are Spanish-speaking and predominately Catholic. They celebrate the patron saints of the Roman Catholic Church with festivals and processions, which also provide a context for artistic and cultural expressions of the local identity. The most important patronal festivals for communities in Florida include Santa Ana, San Sebastian, La Purisima, San Jeronimo and La Griteria.[2] Nicaragua is one of the most traditionalist countries in the Americas and so the majority of Nicaraguans define themselves as socially conservatives regardless of party affiliations or place of residence within the United States.
MLB player
Alex Blandino
MLB player
Marvin Benard
actor on American soap operas
Maurice Benard
burlesque dancer
Bella Blue
beauty pageant winner
Nastassja Bolívar
professional boxer
Randy Caballero
actress in film and TV
Barbara Carrera
actor
Oswaldo Castillo
restaurateur
Michael Cordúa
DJ
DJ Craze
poet
Salomón de la Selva
painter
Franck de Las Mercedes
Roman Catholic priest and former foreign minister
Miguel D'Escoto
painter and poet
Omar D'León
astrologer and TV host
Edward'O
singer
Luis Enrique
NHL hockey player
Bill Guerin
human rights advocate
Bianca Jagger
taekwondo
Diana López
taekwondo
Mark López
taekwondo
Steven López
MLB player (1976–1998)
Dennis Martínez
former Staff Sergeant of the Florida National Guard turned anti-war activist
Camilo Mejía
singer, composer, writer and musician
Tony Meléndez
Republican strategist and political commentator
Ana Navarro
professional boxer
David Obregón
professor, writer, and poet
Horacio Peña
NFL placekicker
Eddy Piñeiro
Nicaraguan-born swimmer
Claudia Poll
Nicaraguan-born swimmer
Silvia Poll
anthropologist and professor
James Quesada
singer and television personality
Tammy Rivera
military person
Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero
rapper
T-Bone
TV actor, director
Gabriel Traversari
jazz musician and composer
Donald Vega
NFL player
Eddy Pineiro
UFC, mixed martial arts
Jason Gonzalez
actress
Shakira Barrera
Nicaragua–United States relations
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Funkhouser, Edward. “Migration from Nicaragua: Some Recent Evidence.” World Development 20, no. 8 (1992): 1209–18.
Hamilton, Nora, and Norma Stoltz Chinchilla. "Central American migration: A framework for analysis." Latin American Research Review 26.1 (1991): 75–110.
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Lundquist, Jennifer H., and Douglas S. Massey. "Politics or economics? International migration during the Nicaraguan Contra War." Journal of Latin American Studies 37.1 (2005): 29–53.
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Malone, Michael R. A Nicaraguan Family (Lerner Publications Co., 1998).
Smagula, Stefan. "Nicaraguan Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 315–327.
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Folklife of Miami's Nicaraguan Communities