Nicaragua's Conservative Party (Partido Conservador) rules from…

Nicaragua's Conservative Party (Partido Conservador) rules from 1857 to 1893, a period of relative economic progress and prosperity sometimes referred to as the "Thirty Years."

A railroad system connecting the western part of Nicaragua with the port of Corinto on the Pacific coast has been built, and roads and telegraph lines have been extended.

Exports of agricultural products also increase during this period.

Coffee as an export commodity grows between the 1850s and the 1870s, and by 1890 coffee has become the nation's principal export.

Toward the end of the 1800s, Nicaragua experiences dramatic economic growth because of the growing demand for coffee and bananas in the international market.

The local economic elites are divided between the established cattle raisers and small growers and the new coffee-producers sector.

Disputes about national economic policy arise between these powerful elites.

Revealing their sympathies, the ruling conservatives pass laws favoring cheap labor that benefits mostly coffee planters.