Nicaragua, 1961-1990 - Volume 1: the Downfall of the Somosa Dictatorship Francois DavidPaperback / softback
Nicaragua, 1961-1990 - Volume 1: the Downfall of the Somosa Dictatorship Francois DavidPaperback / softback In the wake of the US invasion of Nicaragua in 1912, the country came under the rule of the…
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Nicaragua, 1961-1990 - Volume 1: the Downfall of the Somosa Dictatorship Francois DavidPaperback / softback
In the wake of the US invasion of Nicaragua in 1912, the country came under the rule of the Somoza family, which imposed a brutal and corrupt military dictatorship. By the 1970s, the country became embroiled in a brutal insurgency. A low-scale insurgency of students, supported by peasants and other anti-Somoza elements of the society developed already in the 1960s.
Attempting to restructure and recover the underdeveloped economy, Sandinisas introduced a wide range of reforms and a cultural Supported by Cuba, a coalition of students, farmers, businessmen, clergy and a small group of Marxists launched a major war in 1978, which resulted in the downfall of the Somozas, a year later.The Sandinista government established in Managua of 1979 found the country ruined by the long war and natural disasters, and nearly half of the population either homeless or living in exile.