Sandinista Movement

Nicaragua: From Somoza to the Revolution
Growing up in Nicaragua in the fifties and sixties was no easy task. With corrupt leadership, and horrid living conditions we seemed to be a doomed country. We had no land to own, no education, and no money. Something had to change, and it needed to be quick. With the ideas of our great leader in the twenties, revolutionist's, like myself, knew what we had to do.
The Somoza dynasty began in 1936. Claiming himself dictator, after militarily overthrowing the country, Anastasio Somoza Sr. had used his country in his best interest (Notes).…