Duración: 21:33
Oct 1996 As Daniel Ortega looks set to claim victory in Nicaragua's presidential elections, we consider the transformation of the Sandinista guerrila movement into a modern day political force. Once, the Sandinistas led a violent and bloody revolution against the country's ruling elite. Now, we profile the revolutionaries who have exchanged their guns for the ballet box.
El 19 de julio de 1979 triunfa la revolución popular sandinista en Nicaragua derrocando decadas de dictadura de la dinastia de los Somoza. El 20 de julio el pueblo lo festeja en las calles de Managua. La Junta de Reconstrucción Nacional asume el gobierno y los combatientes del Frente Sandinista ...
Org. Title: "Victoria de un pueblo en armas". Fragment of "Victory" a documentary produced by INCINE during the failed Sandinista experience in Nicaragua. In CONTRAKULTURA we´re working to bring the digital master of this documentary to the best possible standards. The documentary is process of ...
In 1979, the Sandinistas won a popular revolution in Nicaragua, putting an end to decades of the corrupt US-backed Somoza dictatorship. They based their reformist ideology on that of the English Co-operative Movement, but was to prove too 'radical' for the Reagan administration. In this film, ...