Nicaragua is safer than any other place I have ever lived. I've been back in the USA for almost two years. I am headed back to Nicaragua very soon.

@yosit Who told that shit??? Don't believe such lie. I lived in Costa Rica for 3 yrs and visited Nicaragua often. Nicaragua is NOT safer than Costa Rica. I love the country but to say it's safer than Costa Rica is a bolt face lie.

​@@VENEMPASTORno need to get so upset! Has it occurred to you that maybe that person had a bad experience with safety in Costa Rica? Friends of mine did. Of course, I'm not going to qualify the safety of an entire country solely on one bad experience, but there might be a reason, why one would consider one place safer than other!! 🤔

@@marilucorracini550 You read me wrong. Not upset but a passionate correction. You can't really rely on the Internet for truthful info. People have to experience reality for themselves. I'd say living in Nicaragua is safer than the shit hole parts of most states in the US.

I agree. Only problems are the extreme poverty and heat.

Can you (safely) say more re "democracy????"? Or refer me to a relevant info source or article?

I should have inlcuded the DR / RD in my Central American stats episode as it is an honorary member of Central America. That was a clear miss on my part. The DR has a homicide rate of 11.5 making it quite reasonable. Safer than Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Honduras... but not nearly as safe as Nicaragua or El Salvador. For the region it falls into the "pretty good" range right now.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Those are pretty interesting stats thanks for sharing.

Amen

Tell it. I drove from toronto to Nicaragua via Texas and the worst behavious I saw was in the USA. Way worse than the 9 months I spent in Central America, as a woman, travelling alone.

No, I have some videos. You definitely wouldn't want to find work here, that's a myth itself; but even if you truly wanted to, foreigners cannot work here. The national crisis is unemployment so it's the one thing that they have to be super protective of. But what you CAN do is work remotely FROM Nicaragua and get paid outside. Then you get the best of everything. HIgh salary, low cost of living, zero taxes. Here are some videos that cover these topics for you. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h8mZnNxhxsunomw.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9emksykvJeneok.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a6l5YLiH3cvWdJc.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g52SesyetLXVfoU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLWJnL2ruK_Xe6s.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7KYZ8aD0NzHpnk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odVlicmrxrPWkps.html

Basically, it's how you ask the question. Can an America "find a job in Nicaragua." No. But that's never the right question. The question, the GOAL, is "can an American find an income to make living in Nicaragua amazing" and then the answer is "heck yeah." You can earn better, live better as an American working FROM Nicaragua. You just have to think about the problem differently.

Best of luck! ANd yes, come track me down in Leon for sure!

Yeah. someone told me in the comments. i had to look up the news :(

i was out of the country when it happened.

I'm glad that it is helpful! :)

thanks :)

There should be no debate. They aren't close. Costa Rica has 300% the violent crime of Nicaragua. CR is "safe enough", but on a global scale isn't considered "safe". Anywhere can be safe enough if you know what you are doing and aren't dumb. But CR requires that you be extra cautious, avoid even seemingly reasonable locations, etc. Nicaragua does not. Nicaragua is extremely safe. Anyone who claims to be "debating" safety between Nicaragua and CR is trying to sell you on CR and is hoping to ignore it's safety record by the numbers, and the obvious safety concerns on the ground. One trip to the CR bus station and you'll never compare it to Nicaragua again.

I lived in NYC in 2008 and it was heavily militarized then. It wasn't the National Guard, but NYPD in military gear. Full helmets, body armor, assault rifles... military in everything but name. It's been a military zone since 2001 for sure.

If Americans were permitted (!) to have 10 foot walls and razor wire in residential areas, I and many, many others would have had it YEARS ago. But guns? We can have all we want! Me, I would rather have more walls and less guns.The US is, across the board, more dangerous than most economically similarly situated nations, and more dangerous than many third-world nations. It is actually an embarrassment. When I see the criticism of other nationals against Nicaragua, I am always reminded of the Spanish saying: "We always hate those we have hurt the most."

In the US, yeah.

I will argue, "the greatest stupidity is to write muddled unclear quotes".

did you watch the video?

I will admit to a clickbait title. But it's to lure haters into learning something. Take a watch before you get upset with me.

But i appreciate your passion. Too many people fall for the lies claiming Nicaragua is dangerous.

Hija viste el vídeo ? El lo hizo en tono clickbait y dice que nicaragua en verdad es un país seguro

Did you maybe not watch the video? I THINK you are trying to say that nicaragua is safe. And that's what the video said. Im' guessing you've not watched it.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog you're telling people literally not to come because of political instability, it's not safe for them to come, you're scaring people away,

Where did I say anything except the opposite of that? Did you watch the video?

It's an odd thing to accuse me of given that I'm literally the world's loudest voice that the government appears stable, and that visitors / expats should never care about stability even if it wasn't stable. And that stability doesn't imply anything about safety. The layers of "things I always say the opposite of" that you are claiming I'm saying is surprising. Like, if you could define what I "definitely didn't say", that's it. It's like you watched a totally different video from the US and then confused it with mine.

Well yes, by far. In North America there is the US, Canada and Mexico. Canada doesn't report their current crime rates and keeps that data pretty guarded but it is assumed to be pretty safe. But even if Canada had zero crime, it's population is far too low compared to the US and Mexico to even move their stats around in any meaningful way. The US is the bulk of the NA population and has been more dangerous than Nicaragua for years and even with a HUGE drop in US violent crime in the last year, Nicaragua dropped just enough to stay ahead of it. But Mexico, which has a very large population too, is double the rate of the US or Nicaragua (but still way safer than Costa Rica, for example.) So once you factor the US and Mexico in, NA isn't "dangerous", but it's not nearly as safe as Nicaragua. Nicaragua and the US (isolated from Mexico) fall into the "very safe" window. Whereas Savador and Canada fall into the "what's crime?" category.

I get a lot of this, but I also get a LOT of "please don't trim it, the style is what draws your audience." And KZfaq shows that my shorter, more succinct videos get far less interest than the longer ones. So the answer is empirical that I should be getting longer, not shorter. It consistently results in more popular shows. The "everything has to be short" trend has died out. It works for people with a certain audience. But not mine. Not all material should be the same. It's like telling someone making a documentary that they should make it 22 minutes long and funny.... because sitcoms do well. But it's not a sitcom. In this case, we have data straight from the platform.

1) No, US security is not Nicaragua security. Nicaragua has inbound security, the same as the US does, because neither country trusts other countries to keep them safe. And specifically Nicaragua does not trust the US since it is the US government it primary is concerned about bring in bomb making material (remember Iran - Contra, that was a recent case of the US doing exactly that to Nicaragua.) So literally the US checks on this count for nothing, especially here. The US protects there from being a bomb on the plane; Nicaragua is protecting against the making of a bomb in Nicaragua. 2. I mention this often. This is standard security to avoid drug trafficking. Especially when going to the beach. This is normal and helps to keep you safe. Security is not convenient. These are random checks, and are most common near beaches and around holidays. 3. No one has to do this. This is fake. 4. You stated that you came from an openly hostile nation that has shipped arms into Nicaragua in recent times. That's not paranoid. You are an American, and you are acting like Americans shouldn't be checked like everyone else when current events have dictated otherwise. I understand that if you come from an aggressor nation, that the fear and precautions necessary in a victim nation might seem inconvenient. But it is America's aggression that has made this necessary. Any aspect of this that you find to be less than desirable should only result in your ire being directed at the US government that made it a requirement.

In a video where we are talking about how safe it ACTUALLY is here, you seem to be complaining that it is safe. Every single item you mention: avoiding bombs being made, checking for weapons and drugs, inspections, and then some made up things... all aspects of how the country remains safe when so many people are trying to make it not safe. You seem to actually be wishing that dangerous, violent situations like are found in other countries would be better than safety? Also, you are required to carry either a passport (foreigner) or a national ID (local) at all times. No one is hiding their identity. Please provide something to back up that statement. Who is hiding? What would make them need to hide? How are they hiding? How do you know this when no one who lives here is aware of it while you are not aware of basic security steps or history or how airline security works - the mix of lacking casual understanding of security and then claiming to know things no one else knows is an unlikey combination. It requires some explanation, I think, to be taken seriously.

So lets say a Nicaraguan runs for presidemt , then gets imprisoned, then the family member speaks out . What happens too the family member & the political prisoner ?​@@ScottAlanMillerVlog

​@@ScottAlanMillerVlogfair enough , I'm always open to understanding others points of views, & thought process I disagree w/ your thoughts on point 3 .. Im.glad you have the freedoms to publicly speak put against the country that gave you the right to do so

@@dallasbarkman1261 You disagree... but in what way? I live here and the idea that Nicaraguans can't speak out is just something said by Americans who have no idea what it is like here. How do you come up with the idea that people have to hide their identity given that that isn't reflected in reality in country? What gives you this impression and how do you think it is being accomplished? And why do you, as a tourist, seem to know about this but Nicaraguans who live here do not? And I see you're trying to slide in a political boost sales pitch suggesting that I have freedoms to HINT, without evidence, that others do not. This suggests you don't feel you have said evidence and are just stating these things to try to promote your viewpoint. Given your other points made no sense, and I said what we needed to know for this point to be valid, and you resorted to trying to make an emotional plea... it's hard to take it seriously. So given you have stated no reason why you said #3, we have to assume that it is unfounded. And claiming I have the right to speak out is also questionable. I was just in the US and what's the first thing I'm told by people... "REmember you aren't in Nicaragua anymore, be careful what you say in public." American can't claim true freedom of speech until it protects people from being shot by their neighbors for what they say. It's convenient to make a "law" protecting it that they can ignore anytime they want, or just have someone "unofficial" carry out violence against those that speak out. Sorry, but I don't buy it. I live here and know locals can and do speak freely. Only Americans who have never been here fall for that story that there is no political discourse here. Even a casual visit you hear it constantly. Americans miss that FOREIGNERS aren't allowed to get involved, but locals are encouraged to participate. Given that you are repeating a false US state department story; and one that a simple visit here disproves... it suggests you aren't familiar with the country.

Nice! Welcome!

um, you've been hiding in a resort in costa rica then. you can't say you've experienced costa rica if you've not seen the dangerous streets. every stat... violent crime, drugs, homicide, all make costa rica good.... but not close to Nicaragua or Salvador good. Nicaragua guards against drug and crime spilling over, not vice versa. Just visit the bus station in CR. The worst barrio of Nicaragua doesn't come close.

@@ScottAlanMillerVlog You think I lived in Costa Rica for 3 yrs in a resort? Delusional a bit? No need for further interaction buddy. Maybe when you're sober.

@@VENEMPASTOR if you think CR is safer than Nicaragua, yes, I think either you've been hiding in a resort or are just lying. It takes very little effort to visibly see the difference in safety if you've really seen CR (even just the bus trip between the two countries will do it) or if you just look up the stats.

@@VENEMPASTOR www.statista.com/statistics/984826/homicide-rate-costa-rica/ www.statista.com/statistics/1002683/homicide-rate-nicaragua/ Not only is it more dangerous than Nicaragua. But Costa Rica has seen a FORTY PERCENT increase in homicides just this year. Nicaragua homicides 2023: 6.2 / 100K Costa Rica 2023: 17.3 USA 2023: 6.3 CR isn't even in the safety game here. Not even close TRIPLE the risk of death compared to US or Nicaragua. In fact, famously dangerous Guatemala is only 16.7 Panama is 11.5 Costa Rica sits with Belize and Honduras in the "very dangerous" zone now. I'm glad you lied about the safety, this is a great video topic. We've been acting like CR was just a little more dangerous than Nicaragua, but with Nicaragua getting safer and CR falling off the wagon, wow it's something to really warn people about now!

@@VENEMPASTOR So given your response, we can only assume you've never been to CR and/or NIcaragua because clearly you don't have even a passing knowledge of them. So no, you've probably not been living in a resort, since you're obviously just lying.

I wish that I didn't have to cover this stuff. But my audience gets told this regularly and having a resource for it is important. I try to keep it as logical and non-political as possible. It's really almost entirely history and basics, nothing really political.

He's only stating facts: being "political" would be endorsing one option or another and clearly there is none of that.

@@LeoJaramaz 100x100% very important video. I live in Nica and am tired of my friends and family telling me how unsafe I am. I know tell everyone I am touring Central America.

Getting cited and getting arrested are two different things.

No problem!! Go somewhere else, unless you want the truth and valuable information. THANK YOU SCOTT, YOUR WORK IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!❤

Well in this case the point was not to be political, but I get that it is, but to draw a comparison where people are looking to treat one country one way and another another way for what were two events that when stated generically were all but identical. The point wasn't to make a statement about anything in the US, but to describe something that happened in the US leaving out the identifiers because without specific names or places it's exactly how many Americans describe what happened in Nicaragua. I take your point, but I feel it was a useful literary tool to get people to feel one way when they *thought* that I was describing Nicaragua and then found out it was the US more recently that I was talking about. The point was to point out the propaganda.

Trump was trying to protect the vote by trying to steal it? LOL. This is some creepy up is down, 1984 type delusion. Get a grip. You’re such a snowflake you can’t even stand to hear truth that goes against the political cult you appear to affiliate with.