San Juan del Sur, 140 km south of the capital Managua, is the main tourist center of this country. The town has been regularly singled out for human rights violations, thanks to its bay with turquoise waters and its white sand beaches.
Despite international condemnation, including from Washington and Brussels, of President Daniel Ortega, foreigners are happy to live happily in a haven with beaches, restaurants, bars and an environment that offers sumptuous landscapes on land and sea. "Everything here is beautiful and cheap and the people are lovely," said Mark Guitler, a British tourist.