This week an HoH rewind brings you a great blast from the past. An interview from last year in which Keith Riley, a PhD Candidate at Temple University, explained some of the origins and misconceptions about the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Keith, Who you can follow on Twitter here, is a historian at Temple University who studies Latin America and transnational leftist groups.

Some Highlights: 

The origins of the Sandinista movement

Nicaragua before and after revolution

Unrest in Nicaragua during 2018

FLSN and the politics of Revolution

How revolutionaries change over time

Transnational Support for the Sandinistas

Why Central America is an Amazing Place

https://youtu.be/iSg42Wm7mtE

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Map of Nicaragua

 

"We are not going to accept any negotiations in which the red and black flag (FLSN flag) capitulates"

Flag of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional)

Flag of the Republic of Nicaragua