Estelí is known as the town of the revolutionaries: In september 1978, 
the FSNL took over the city for 16 days, celebrated as an important signal for the movement in the whole country. In the 80ies, it became base for the Sandinistas to fight the Contras which entered the country from the Hondurian border. Today, a small and self made museum reminds of that history. Its set up by the mothers of those combatants who died. Pictures of the dead fill the walls, clothing of the "martyres" is displayed and Augusto Sanidino contently overlooks the place. Alltogether some 40.000 persons lost there lives during the revolution and the civil war.
the FSNL took over the city for 16 days, celebrated as an important signal for the movement in the whole country. In the 80ies, it became base for the Sandinistas to fight the Contras which entered the country from the Hondurian border. Today, a small and self made museum reminds of that history. Its set up by the mothers of those combatants who died. Pictures of the dead fill the walls, clothing of the "martyres" is displayed and Augusto Sanidino contently overlooks the place. Alltogether some 40.000 persons lost there lives during the revolution and the civil war.Mine, 
who you can see on the picture above, is one of the mothers who are in charge of the museum. Two of her sons died at the beginning of the revolution, the younger one only aged 15. Later on, she became a combatant herself and who closely takes a look at the pictures beside might recognize her, densely veiled in military clothing. In Estelí, maybe more then in other parts of the country, the revolution is still alive. Huge wallpaintings remind of the past. However, one can find the black and red flag of the Sandinistas all over the country at every corner. And although not everybody votes for Ortega, most are proud of the revolution which brought dictatorship to fall.
who you can see on the picture above, is one of the mothers who are in charge of the museum. Two of her sons died at the beginning of the revolution, the younger one only aged 15. Later on, she became a combatant herself and who closely takes a look at the pictures beside might recognize her, densely veiled in military clothing. In Estelí, maybe more then in other parts of the country, the revolution is still alive. Huge wallpaintings remind of the past. However, one can find the black and red flag of the Sandinistas all over the country at every corner. And although not everybody votes for Ortega, most are proud of the revolution which brought dictatorship to fall. 
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