Nicaraguan Revolution
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The Nicaraguan Revolution, or Sandinista Revolution was an armed conflict that took place in the Central American country of Nicaragua between 1961 and 1990.
Somoza Debayle during a press conference in 1979
Contra group from FDN and ARDE Frente Sur in the Nueva Guinea area in 1987
Contras taking a break after routing an FSLN garrison
Regional commands of the FDN (1985)
Nicaragua
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Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is a country in Central America, comprising 130,370 square kilometers. With a population of 7,097,329 as of 2026, it is the third-most populous country
Nicaraguan Revolution
…Revolution (Revolución popular sandinista, 'Sandinista People's Revolution') was an armed conflict that took place in the Central American country of Nicaragua between 1961 and 1990. It began with rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the overthrow of the dictatorship in 1978–1979…
![Location of Nicanahuac, the Indigenous name for Gran Nicoya [es], an area in western Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica inhabited by the Nahuas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gran_Nicoya.jpg/500px-Gran_Nicoya.jpg)
Location of Nicanahuac, the Indigenous name for Gran Nicoya [es], an area in western Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica inhabited by the Nahuas
An ancient petroglyph on Ometepe Island
The Colonial city of León
The colonial city of Granada near Lake Nicaragua, one of the most visited sites in Central America