POST by STIVEY: Misguided Melvin

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Hi everyone! I’m going to share a friend’s story with you…

One day my friend, Melvin, shared with me that he was being mistreated by his parents. He explained in detail that they were using and abusing him. Melvin was ordinarily a really cheerful chap, but his parents ruined his life by making him live sinfully. Melvin’s parents ordered him to steal in the streets and supermarkets so that they had the means to satisfy their cravings for alcohol and cigarettes.

Well time went by and I lost contact with Melvin. He quit school. Two years after learning about Melvin’s lifestyle I ran into him on the street. He looked really different and was sporting several tattoos. We started talking and he told me that he had become a thief. After talking for a while we went our separate ways. 

One year after chatting with Melvin on the street I saw his older brother.  I asked how Melvin and he were doing. Melvin’s brother began to cry. He explained to me that Melvin had died. I asked what had happened and listened as the story unfolded.

Melvin was robbing the son of a police officer and viciously stabbed him. He ran away leaving the son on the street. The Police soon arrested Melvin for his violent crime. The arresting officer was the kid’s father.

He took Melvin into a secret room and shot Melvin five times in the head and six times in his torso. He then proceeded to chop off all of his toes. I was shocked by the way that he had died and thought it a terrible shame, however I realised that the parents were also to blame as they had never taught him any manners.

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4

This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily by Nestor, and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story makes more sense.

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Hola les voy a contar un poco de mi vida,pasada sobre un amigo!

Un dia mi amigo melvin era maltratado por sus padres y el me contaba lo que le pasaba en su casa, el era un chico muy divertido pero los padres le hacian la vida muy mal a el lo hacian aser muchas,cosas mal lo mandaba a robar a los supermecados solo para los visio de los padre porque ellos fumaban bebian y le mostraban a el cosas malas,

Al pasar el tiempo yo no sabia nada mas del porque el ya no asistia a clase entonces al pasar 2AÑOS un dia lo miro a el pero cuando lo miro estaba muy diferente porque tenia muchos tatuajes en su cuerpo entonces cuando el me mira me saluda y comienzo hablar con el y le,dijo como te va no se nada de ti ya, y me responde y,dice ahora me dedico al robo le digo porque sos eso porque a mi no me importa nada entonces de repente se va sin decir nada a mi,

Al pasar 1 año despues desde esa ves que lo mire, un dia mire a su hermano mayor y le dije como estas y dijo bien y le pregunto como esta melvin y dijo no sabes no se nada que paso con melvin y dijo con lagrimas en sus ojos respondio el ya murio y dije como fue, pues un dia el le estaba robando a un chico pero lo que no sabia el que era hijo de un policia pero el chico no le dio nada a,melvin cuando le robaba a el entonces melvin lo apuñalio y se fue corriendo dejando al chico tira en la callete de sangrandose entonces al pasar un tiempo no mucho lo agarro la policia y  hay estaba el padre del chico que le habia robado entonces el policia se lo llevo a un lugar y le pego 5 disparo en la,cabeza y 6 disparo en el cuerpo y tambien le corto los dedos de los pies, cuando me,conto todo eso el hermano de melvin no lo crea yo pero dije que mal como murio mi amigo por culpa,de los padre que le enseñaron muchas,cosas mala a el…

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POST by Eliezer: Nica Hard Knock Life

Eliezer whilst on tour in the USA with Capital on the Edge

Hello my name is Eliezer. This week I am going to tell you about my country and the place where I live.

I live within a community, in a town that is close to the capital of Nicaragua, Managua. My barrio is a very poor place and the people who live in my community often steal and are hungry all the time.

The people in my barrio work on farms. They live off the land – they are subsistence farmers. Whatever they grow, they trade or sell in order to have enough to live on. Many families have a single cow, which gives families milk to drink.

In our community there are many social problems. Most of the youth drink alcohol and use drugs. The young people, when they become dependent on drugs and/or alcohol, then need to steal in order to maintain their addictions. It’s a terribly difficult cycle.

My desire is to see my community be more responsible and caring of each other, so that our barrio can move forward and have a brighter future, without these social problems plaguing us. The landscape of our barrio is beautiful, I wish the people were too.

The most gorgeous element of our physical environment are the calm fields, which are rich with both flora and fauna.

The farmland is a tough place. Ever since I was really little, I have worked out in the fields with my grandfather. He has shown me that agricultural work is a very difficult job, but there are few occupational choices in Nicaragua for me, and so I help out with great joy.

Everybody in Nicaragua works very hard, but we earn very little. Ordinary items are very expensive and the President, Daniel Ortega, does not do anything to make it any better and so our town suffers.

In Nicaragua, most kids do not have parents because they do not have enough money to support their families.  Mothers, all alone and without help, seek to try and get ahead with and for their kids. For this reason, the trade of prostitution prospers. People cannot find jobs, because there are none (80% unemployment rate).

Nicaragua is the second poorest country in all of the Western Hemisphere (North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America) and the poverty makes it difficult for families to be happy. This is the life we must endure.

I always ask God to help Nicaragua so that one day we can all have a much better life.

On the plane, AMERICA BOUND, Eliezer  (middle) with Yordy and Jose (Capital on the Edge)

Hola mi nombre es Eliezer

Esta vez les vengo a contar una historia de mi país y del lugar donde vivo

El lugar donde vivo es una comunidad en un pueblo cerca de la capital de Nicaragua. Es un lugar muí pobre donde ay mucha delincuencia y hambruna la gente de ay trabaja en el campo las personas viven de la agricultura y de la ganadería pero ay mucha corrupción la mayoría de los jóvenes toman licor y consumen drogas lo que hace que la juventud comience a robar para comprar mas y mas drogas es una situación muí difícil.

Yo quiero que algún día mi comunidad  sea mas sociable i que la gente haga algo i pueda salir adelante que pueda encontrar un mejor futuro sin tantas cosas malas , porque una de las cosas que caracterizan donde vivo es la belleza de su paisaje.

Lo más bello de mi lugar es la tranquilidad del campo es rica en flora y fauna es un lugar donde aprendes que la vida no es fácil.

Desde muí pequeño trabajaba en el campo con mi abuelo el me enseño que la agricultura es un trabajo muí duro pero que no ay muchos trabajo de donde escoger en mi país.

Toda la gente de Nicaragua trabaja mucho i gana muí poco las cosas son muí caras el presidente no hace nada para mejorar la situación y el pueblo sufre, en Nicaragua la mayoría de los niños no tienen padres porque los padres no tienen como mantener a sus familias y las madres buscan como salir adelante sola con sus hijos así que ay mucha prostitución porque la gente no encuentra trabajo y es porque no hay.

Nicaragua es el segundo país más pobre del mundo por eso es difícil tener una familia feliz esto es lo que pasa en mi país siempre le pido a dios que ayude a Nicaragua para que algún día podemos tener una vida mejor.

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This story was written by a Nicaraguan youth, and was voluntarily given to Capital on the Edge for publishing. The subject choice was his entirely. He has elected to write about his experiences for the glory of God and so that others may learn from his experiences. The translation of this work is performed voluntarily and not professionally, hence there may be some errors. Any decisive deviation from the text is in consultation with the author, and is done so to make clear the life events written about and to provide further information so that the story is more understandable.  

This story was translated by Lorenzy and edited by Jed.

Crime: Nicaraguan rights groups call sexual abuse an ‘epidemic’

Last year, 3,660 allegations of sexual abuse were reported in Nicaragua. According to the National Police’s Statistics Commission for Women and Children, in the first six months of this year, 1,873 abuse allegations were filed, of which 1,050 involved children under the age of 14. Many others go unreported.

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Crime: Accused Mexican Drug Ring, posing as media, on Trial in Nicaragua

The 18 Mexicans said they were journalists from their country’s main television broadcaster, Televisa. They wore the company T-shirt, and the six vans they drove into Nicaragua bore the orange Televisa logo.

The vans contained equipment including computers and cameras. Oh, and also $9.2 million in cash hidden in secret compartments and traces of cocaine.

The exposure of the 18 has proved one of the most vivid illustrations to date of the well-known but often unseen spread of Mexican drug operations deep into Central America, long a conduit and increasingly a base of storage, production and marketing for Mexican cartels.

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Social: Nicaraguans Beat Criminals to Decrease Criminal Behaviour

Nicaragua is one of the safest countries within the Americas, much safer than the USA (physical safety). However, it wasn´t always this way. How did Nicaragua arrive at this place? They beat their criminals. Legally, Nicaraguans are allowed to restrain criminals, but not inflict bodily harm. Yet this does not always occur. Check out this video to learn more.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5be_1192722890