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Jack Everly's avatar

On the day you discover focus, I think your work will graduate to elite levels. Keep on truckin'.

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Jason Powers's avatar

The wily woman! Oh how they get inside of our heads....and then the not-so-fun-time begins!

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Blaise's avatar

Have you thought about selling a high quality, mold-tested organic coffee? Even if you are reselling, if you marketed yourself correctly (locally sourced, organic, tested for mold, etc.) might be a way to generate income, particularly if you market yourself as LOCAL and native Nicaraguan. Shipping covered by recipient. As the fasco-Marxist left takes everyone into a recession, the connected, leftist cronies (think Maduro, or your Ortega) will remain rich, and have money. So why not make a living off them?

Saying a prayer for you now.

Also, have you ever seen Fernando Aguirre? He had a blog called Surviving Argentina, and the financial meltdown a couple decades ago. See https://ferfal.blogspot.com/ Simlarly, you might so something about suriving a fasco-Marxist dictatorship, **from a local, native, boots on the ground, perspective. Start up costs would be nil

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Blaise's avatar

Yes, it figures that the vile, evil, disgusting - and did I say vile yet? - Ortega and cronies have the export piece covered. The idiots who think socialism works will all end up living in tents, just like in San Francisco, Portland, LA, Seattle but are too uttelry stupid to figure that out.

Another thought. Have you thought about doing online Spanish tutoring? Perhaps do some searches for places that hire tutors? Again, the angle is that you are a local, native speaker. I know Nicaragua has the tourist cache now, following the lead of Costa Rica. I wonder if you could perhaps do some tourist guiding, or similar? Just casting about for ideas to help you...

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"When socialism comes to the Sahara, there will even be a shortage of sand" Old Polish proverb under communism

Let me put some more thought to this. So you have one arm, correct? However, you can still type, obviously, and are bilingual. Have you thought about applyling for refugee status in the US? A long shot, but worth applying. I do not believe coming illegally is right, for in fact all these people coming to the US are destroying the very thing they are coming for, and which makes the US rich - **the rule of law.*** But I am thinking, like Ferfal and his Surviving Argentina, doing an expose of Nicaragua socialism might be something you could market. Rather than getting a cup of coffee, a short term solution, what can you do that is long term and sustainable? That is the real question.

Let's do this: I am at jvanne@comcast.net; contact me there and let's continue the conversation. I am thinking of putting you in touch with one Nancy Thorner, a writer for Conservapedia, etc. AmericaOut Loud might be a venue. But let's discuss via my email.

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Stegiel's avatar

Strive for Socialist Realism -everyone loves a good fantasy.

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