Nicaragua: From Somoza to the Revolution Growing up in Nicaragua in the fifties and sixties was no easy task. With corrupt leadership, and horrid living conditions we seemed to be a doomed country. We had no land to own, no education, and no money. Something had to change, and it needed to be quick. With the ideas of our great leader in the twenties, revolutionist's, like myself, knew what we had to do. The Somoza …showed first 75 words of 957 total…

…showed last 75 words of 957 total…president stricken with Alzheimer, leader Ronald Reagan. Overthrowing the Somoza dynasty was perhaps our biggest accomplishment so far, but there is still much to come in the future. Optimism holds a strong influence for progress in later days. Bibliography Chasteen, John Charles. Born In Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America. W.W. Norton & Compan. New York. 2001. "Sandinista National Liveration Front." Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandinista.