The Supreme Court’s approval of President Ortega’s constitutional reform bill paved the way for him to stay in office and also ignited strong critics from the opposition. As a result of negative impacts of the global financial crisis，the country’s economy reported negative growth rate for the first time during the past 15 years，as domestic demand dropped，remittance and FDI decreased and domestic investment shrank. In face of such a situation hardly to be optimistic，the government launched series of social plans，the Zero Famine Plan （Plan Hambre Cero） included，to mitigate poverty. Economic recession was translated also into deteriorating public security. During the year，Nicaragua strengthened its ties with Central American countries. Its relations with the US were all but easy.