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A woman stands near a burning barricade holding the national flag of Nicaragua. Photo: Voice of America/Wikimedia Commons
Nicaragua: A land of red lips, rebel tunes and prairie fires
Lois Ross | These are serious and troubling times in Nicaragua. Protests since April have left hundreds dead and many more incarcerated or missing. Where will the turmoil end and how?
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Canadian members and Nicaraguan farmers at a workshop in Rivas. Photo credit: Lois Ross
'Some say yes, others say no': Nicaragua a country divided
Lois Ross | Decades after Nicaragua's revolution, the country's revolutionaries and their supporters find themselves divided -- between those who support Daniel Ortega's government and those who oppose it.
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Members of the first Canadian Farmers Brigade to Nicaragua attend the January 1985 inauguration of Daniel Ortega as FSLN President. Photo credit: Lois Ross
Nicaragua's agrarian reform and revolution 40 years on
Lois Ross | To better understand present-day events in Nicaragua, we need to revisit the 1979 Sandinista Revolution and the agrarian reform which was to have lifted the poorest citizens out of poverty.
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People protest in Nicaragua. Photo: Julio Vannini/Flickr
Are the real Sandinistas in Nicaragua standing up?
Lois Ross | The 1980s were an incredible time of change, challenge and hope in Nicaragua after the 1979 Sandinista Revolution. Now many are questioning the source of the violence that's erupted in the country.