Wednesday, July 18, 2018

What have the Sandinistas brought to Nicaragua? Despotism!

Nicaragua: From revolution to crisis

  • 19 July 2018
Photos taken during the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution and during recent unrest highlight some similarities. BBC Mundo's Arturo Wallace in the capital Managua explains what we can learn from them.
  • A man crouches behind a barricade and points a rifle in 1979/ Local residents walk between barricades in Masaya, some 35km from Managua on June 20, 2018.GETTY IMAGES
  • Anastasio Somoza waves to his supporters behind a bullet-proof glass during a meeting in Managua in 1978, a few months before being overthrown by leftist Frente Sandinista de Liberacion National movement 20 July 1979/Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaks to supporters during the government-called 'Walk for Security and Peace' in Managua on July 7, 2018GETTY IMAGES
  • Sandinista graffiti can be seen on a wall in June 1979/A man drives a bike past a wall with graffiti reading 'Ortega assassin' and 'Our fight is fair' in Masaya, Nicaragua on June 20, 2018.GETTY IMAGES
  • First aiders carry a person in 1979/Anti-government protesters help an injured partner during clashes within the 'Marcha de las Flores' in Managua, on June 30, 2018GETTY IMAGES
  • Sandinistas run along a wall in 1978/ Masked young men run along a front of houses in 2018GETTY IMAGES
  • A photojournalist sits among Sandinista rebels in 1979/Students stand behind a barricade close to Nicaragua's Technical College during protests against government's reforms in the Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Managua on April 21, 2018GETTY IMAGES
  • Armed security forces can be seen by the entrance to a pharmacy in 1979/Riot police forces confront anti-government demonstrators at Monimbo neighbourhood in Masaya, some 35 km from Managua, on July 13, 2018GETTY IMAGES
  • Sandinista fighters with masks in Nicaragua in 1979/Masked opposition demonstrators take part in a nationwide march called 'United we are a volcano', in Managua on July 12, 2018.GETTY IMAGES
  • Sandinista rebels travel on the back of a pick-up truck during the Sandinista revolution./Anti-government protesters fire from a home-made mortar in 2018.GETTY IMAGES
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