Children in Ciudad Sandino, Managua, Nicaragua in March 2011. The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, estimates that 500,000 Nicaraguan children aged 3 to 17 are not in the educational system. Most live in rural areas, or are poor, indigenous or disabled.

First published in the April 18, 2019, 9:08 p.m. edition

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