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The Sandinista Revolution, its legacy
and the contribution of international solidarity.
An illustrated 30th anniversary briefing published
by Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign. 14/07/09
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 Unfinished Revolution. Daniel Ortega and Nicaragua's Struggle for Liberation. Hardback.
Kenneth Morris (Lawrence Hill Books 2011)
This is the first biography to appear about the revolutionary leader and
current president and provides a crash course in events in Nicaragua
from the 1960s to the present. In the centre of the struggle against
Somoza, the Sandinista Revolution, Nicaragua's bleak years under
neo-liberalism, and the return to power of the Sandinistas, has been
Ortega. The book does not duck the controversies surrounding his
leadership or character, but is a sympathetic account of how Ortega has
cleverly steered the FSLN back to power, and has started to
introduce policies which address the needs of the poorest.
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Integration and Contested Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua
(Algora 2011)
Luciano Baracco and contributors
The indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples along Nicaragua’s
Caribbean Coast, once colonized by the British, have long sought to
establish their autonomy vis-à-vis the dominant Spanish-influenced
regions of the Pacific coast. The book provides a wide overview of the
autonomy process by looking at the historical background of autonomy,
claims to land, language rights, and land demarcation and communal
forestry projects.
This book seeks to satisfy the globally emerging interest in the
idea of autonomy and bi-zonality as an effective mechanism of
conflict resolution and protection of minority rights.
Available from
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Nicaraguan Journey - Memories from the Land of Sandino
Luciano Baracco (Sessions of York 2010)
Nicaragua is renowned for its lakes and volcanoes yet became famous for
something very different. In 1979 Sandinista revolutionary fighters overthrew one of
Latin America's oldest dictatorships and transformed the country
from an unknown backwater into a beacon of hope for the whole continent. 'A
Nicaraguan Journey' tells how Nicaraguans today make sense of those
revolutionary years which brought their country to the attention of the whole
world.
Available directly from
luciano68uk@gmail.com
Any profits will be donated to literacy teaching in the Caribbean
Coast region of Nicaragua.
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 America's Backyard: The United States and Latin America from the Monroe
Doctrine to the War Against Terror.
Grace Livingstone (Zed 2009).
The United
States has shaped Latin American history, condemning it to poverty and
inequality by intervening to protect the rich and powerful. Using
declassified documents, Grace Livingstone reveals the US role in the darkest
periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet’s coup in Chile, the
contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador. She shows how the
administration used the War on Terror as a new pretext for intervention; how it
tried to destabilise leftwing governments and push back the ‘pink tide’ washing
across the Americas. America’s Backyard also includes chapters on drugs,
economy and culture. |
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Nicaragua: The Imagining of a Nation. From Nineteenth Century Liberals to Twentieth Century Sandinistas
Luciano Baracco (Algora 2005)
Examines the Sandinista Revolution in the
context of Nicaragua's efforts at nation-building. Based on research and
interviews, this book includes sections on the national literacy campaign and
the indigenous peoples of the Atlantic Coast amongst others. It offers insights
into the evolution of states in post-colonial Latin America and their struggle
to strike an acceptable balance between sovereignty issues and the imperatives
of global politics. A major contribution to literature on Nicaragua. |
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After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neo-Liberal
Nicaragua
Florence Babb (University of Texas Press 2001)
Drawing in interviews, this book analyses the impact on neo-liberalism
and examines Managua co-operatives where women play a significant role.
Informs and inspires. |
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Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution
Matilde Zimmermann (Duke University Press 2000)
Important history of one of Nicaragua's heroes. This thorough and
well-researched book is critical to an understanding of the enduring
popularity of Sandinismo today. |
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The Country Under My Skin
Giaconda Belli (Bloomsbury 2002)
“…the best autobiography I’ve read in
years” (Salman Rushdie). Belli, now an internationally acclaimed poet,
played a major part in the Revolution as a young woman. In this
fascinating book she writes about the triumphs and failures of the
Revolution and her part in it; her poetry; her lovers and children; her
exile and her current life in Nicaragua and the USA. |
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Letters from Nicaragua
Father John Medcalf (Reissued with new introduction 2002. 1st published CIIR
1988).
Vivid accounts in letter form of the suffering, joy and faith of rural
Nicaraguans from 1985 to 1987 during the contra war. Useful outline of
events in Nicaragua and biography. |
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Storm Warnings: Hurricanes George and Mitch and the lessons for
development.
CIIR 2001
A detailed examination of 12 development programmes which
arose from the two hurricanes. A critique of the way in which
neo-liberal development has increased rather than decreased
vulnerability in Nicaragua. |
£6.50 |
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