Guns and letters: the new Nicaraguan bourgeoisie and its relations with the US government in the counterrevolution in Nicaragua Sandinista (1979 - 1992)

Authors

  • Roberto Moll Neto PPGRI/ UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP/ IFF

Keywords:

Counterrevolutionaries, Sandinista Revolution, United States

Abstract

Nicaragua is a strategic region for the United States, mainly because of its privileged position in the Caribbean Basin. In 1979, revolutionaries organized on the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew the Somoza oligarchy, in power since 1930. In the United States, the Reagan government devised strategies to overthrow the revolutionary government. Nicaraguan elite intellectuals who broke with the Sandinistas and allied themselves with the counterrevolutionary project narrated the revolution in the American press. This article seeks to analyze why and how intellectuals from fractions of the Nicaraguan urban bourgeoisie broke with the revolutionaries and developed narratives to legitimize intervention in Nicaragua.

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Author Biography

Roberto Moll Neto, PPGRI/ UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP/ IFF

PhD in International Relations from PPGRI - San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP); Professor at Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF.

Published

2019-12-16

How to Cite

Moll Neto, R. (2019). Guns and letters: the new Nicaraguan bourgeoisie and its relations with the US government in the counterrevolution in Nicaragua Sandinista (1979 - 1992). Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Studies, (11), 69–93. Retrieved from https://www.ceiso.com.ar/ries/index.php/ojs/article/view/24