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Defining MoMents
celeBrATIon
Before cIVIl WAr
In July 1979 the sandinista national liberation front
(fsln) overthrew Anastasio somoza Debayle whose
family had been ruling nicaragua for almost 43 years.
The movement was a coalition of communists,
farmers, students and others. However, their
victory would turn into over a decade of civil
conflict as the Us-backed contras would
lead a counter-revolution.
1979
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