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Nicaragua has the 2nd lowest electricity generation in Central America, ahead only of Belize. Nicaragua also possesses the lowest percentage of population with access to electricity. The unbundling and privatization process of the 1990s did not achieve the expected objectives, resulting in very little generation capacity added to the system. This, together with its high dependence on oil for electricity generation (the highest i
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