Sandino LIVES!

Sojourners | March 1, 2000| | Copyright

TIPITAPA, Nicaragua--Cesar Augusto Mejia has given up on politicians. Decades of war, incompetence, and corruption--on the Right and Left--tends to sour a person on politics. For many Nicaraguans, it hasn't really mattered whether the government's acclaimed ideology was Sandinista Left or neoliberal Right, the upshot has been a hardscrabble life, little meaningful work, and less hope.

A stenciled sign next to the road from Managua to the small town of Tipitapa summed it up. "Sandinistas y Somacistas ..." was scrawled at the top, followed by words that a visiting ...

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