Revolution – a radical change or replacement of a governmental establishment, political system, or society created by the people who are governed. In the República de Chile (Republic of Chile) and República de Nicaragua (Republic of Nicaragua), a revolution was supposed to bring a new and fresh outlook onto the country unfortunately, with every plan there are obstacles. In spite of the sizeable differences, the revolutions that occurred in Chile and Nicaragua share common traits of failure to consolidate
Nicaragua who were already against the Somoza family dictatorship saw the hope for the liberty of its country from the Somoza government’s domination. The Somoza family’s leader was Tachito" Somoza DeBayle with the support of the Guardia (La Guardia Nacional), the Nicaragua’s army and the police force were the largest land owners in Nicaragua. They had a monopoly over Nicaragua’s businesses and the political system. Nicaraguan were bitter, anger and hatred by the mistreatment given by the Somoza government
In the months of March through August of 1980, Nicaragua began a radical experiment in revolutionary popular education. The Frente Sandinista de Liberacíon Nacional (FSLN), blamed the Somoza regime using the country’s widespread illiteracy and lackluster educational infrastructure as a tool of politically imprison and disenfranchise Nicaragua’s poor. After the ousting of the Somoza regime, the FSLN-led government sought to repeal the sociopolitical norms of the Somocismo through instituting mass
Revolution in Cuba and Nicaragua The birth of both the Cuban and Nicaraguan revolutions started from very similar significant factors, both international and domestic. The United States foreign policy, throughout the Cold War and much of the mid 20th Century, was aimed at stopping the spread of communism by any means. This intervention and support even extended to non-democratic military regimes such as in Cuba and Nicaragua, as the U.S. feared their unstable governments and dissatisfied people
Alanna Dwoskin The Cuban Revolution’s Influence on Nicaragua During the mid to late 1900s, the working class people of Latin America became frustrated by the amount of injustice in their society, and responded with a series of revolutions and insurgencies. Many of these revolutions failed because of lack of organization and support of revolutionary groups as well as backlash from counterinsurgency forces led by authoritarian dictators and supported by U.S. military intervention. However, amidst