Nicaragua: Memory and Shame · Global Voices

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Memory.The triumph of the Sandinista Revolution in 1979 meant a good news that harbored hope and justice.The criminal excesses of Anastasio Somoza's regime were seen on television, as the harsh execution in Managua of the American journalist Bill Steward by the National Guard.The overthrow of a tyranny based on looting and repression gave oxygen to a Central America suffocated by civil wars and despotic governments.The government of the young Sa…