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Under Fire is a 1983 American political thriller film set during the last days of the Nicaraguan Revolution that ended the Somoza regime in 1979. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, it stars Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy.
Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive A 1983 television documentary by John Pilger. Nicaragua Was Our Home A documentary about repression of the Miskito Indians. Pictures from a Revolution A 1991 documentary in which Susan Meiselas returns to Nicaragua to seek out the people and places she'd photographed there in 1979, during the revolution.
The country had suffered both war and, earlier, natural disaster in the devastating 1972 Nicaragua earthquake. In 1979, approximately 600,000 Nicaraguans were homeless and 150,000 more were either refugees or in exile, [41] out of a total population of just 2.8 million. [42] In response, a state of emergency was declared.
Upon the conclusion of the civil war, 7,500 Guardsmen were taken prisoner – with many former Guards suspected of violating human rights being held in detention by the Sandinistas – while another 4,500 officers and enlisted men fled to neighboring Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Guatemala to form the nucleus of an armed opposition ...
In 1979, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in Nicaragua. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas ruled the country first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction .
Walker is a 1987 historical Weird Western film directed by Alex Cox and written by Rudy Wurlitzer.It stars Ed Harris as William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua.
Nicaraguan Civil War (1926–1927) Nicaraguan Revolution (1962–1990) This page was last edited on 13 May 2024, at 01:36 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
This is a list of films produced in Nicaragua. A ... The Ghost of War (El Espectro de la guerra, 1988) H ... Nicaraguan film at the Internet Movie Database