Yesterday we talked to two ex-contra. Contras were the armed irregular forces (read: terrorists, or according to Reagan, Freedom Fighters) who were trained and equiped by the CIA in the early 80s to fight the Sandinista government. They told us all about why they felt they needed to fight (one had much more persuasive reasoning than the other). One was Luis Fley, and he is the main character in a book called Commando (in English and widely available) which details the CIA involvement with the Contras.
Today we speak with Eden Pastora, the fellow who orchestrated the '78 (give or take) takeover of Somoza's National Assembly. He was a hero within the Sandinistas during the revolution, but after went to Costa Rica to fight the Sandinistas because he felt they'd betrayed the 'most beautiful revolution this world has seen' to Marxism. Anyway, I'm pretty sure he ran for president against Ortega and Rizo in 2006 (gathering around .3% of the vote).
I'm doing well, if tired. This is the last day of classes this week, las Fiestas Patrias (Patriotic Holidays) are occuring from tomorrow to Sunday. Should be fun.
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Hiya! Sounds like you are meeting some pretty interesting people from history! Wow!
I am interested (as well) as what a day is like for you, and for the people. What things are different? The same? What is it like to not be able to depnd on electricity?How is education different?
The history part is cool-but I am interested in the people. What is it like to be submerged in another culture and language? What is your family like? How was the concert? Well, I could go on and on-but as a people-watcher, I want to know that stuff. :-)
Love and miss you,
mom
... wow, Chris, your mom wants a full essay! Mine would only be like "How is it? That's interesting. Don't die. Bye."
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