Adios Muchachos - A Memoir of the Sandinista Revolution

Sergio Ramírez, Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990, offers his memoir of the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in a country besieged by internal conflicts and foreign aggression.

List of contents

Preface to the Spanish Edition, Published in 2007 / The Shadow of the Caudillo xi

Acknowledgments xix

Introduction 1

1. Partial Confession 5

2. Saintly Living 17

3. The Age of Innocence 35

4. The Swan over the Burning Coals 49

5. The Age of Malice 65

6. Monkey on a Leash 81

7. Manifest Destiny 93

8. The Likely Number Thirteen 113

9. Heaven on Earth 127

10. The Year of the Pig 143

11. Rivers of Milk and Honey 159

12. The Palace at Last! 173

13. Saturn's Jaws 191

Epilogue 207

Chronology, 1979-1990 211

Glossary 223

Index 229

Summary

Sergio Ramírez, Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990, offers his memoir of the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in a country besieged by internal conflicts and foreign aggression.

Product details

• Authors: Sergio Ramirez, Sergio/ Skar Ramirez, Sergio Ramírez, RAMIREZ SERGIO, Sergio Ramrez
• Assisted by: Stacey Alba Skar (Translation), Stacey Alba D Skar (Translation), Stacey Alba D. Skar (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2011
• EAN: 9780822350699
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5069-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int; American Encounters/Global Interactions; American Encounters/Global Int
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Amerikanische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Politische Führer und Führung, Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko)