Nicaragua Defeats The Not-So-Soft Coup
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By:Â Tortilla Con Sal
July 19 will be a categorical vindication of President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista government's efforts for peace in Nicaragua. | Photo: Reuters
July 19 will be a massive celebration of the coup's defeat and a categorical vindication of President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista government's efforts for peace in Nicaragua.
On July 19, hundreds of thousands of people from across Nicaragua will converge on the capital Managua to celebrate the 39th anniversary of their historic 1979 defeat of the Somoza dictatorship. The event takes place as the authorities continue to liberate communities blockaded by roadblocks operated by armed opposition activists whose not-so-soft coup attempt against the Sandinista government, begun on April 18, has failed....
