Sandinista guerrillas in Nicaragua - Testimony of the people 1978

Nicaragua: Journalistic note on the situation the country is going through for the guerrillas. Report where Argentine journalist Rodolfo Pousa comments: - "127,664 square kilometers of surface make it the most extensive country by surface of Central America that lives at the moment convulsed internal situation, with credentials like these, granted especially by the Nicaraguan government for our A white improvised flag and the vehicle conveniently identified, we are preparing to depart for this country. "On highway 28 we advance to the city of León, 90 kilometers west of Managua, scene of fierce fighting between the National Guard and Sandinista guerrillas: On this road, there are several checkpoints that are attended by the National Guard, and all the people who pass through are checked and the entire vehicle is also inspected. queues that are formed to pass through the checkpoints. then it becomes difficult in the country. - Once this city was the capital of Nicaragua. Founded in 1523 by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, it is considered the second population of this country, with approximately 100 thousand inhabitants. Today its streets exhibit the tragic testimony of bloody battles with victims, whose number is incalculable. -Chinandega is a small town located at the junction of a major highway and located approximately 70 kilometers from the border with Honduras. It is located in the northern area of ​​the western area, where most Nicaraguans live. The fight here has also been atrocious on the streets. The open trenches and in one of them the Red Cross is in operation. - Hunger is now the first need to try to attend. Extensive queues in front of the very few businesses that are open like in this case a bakery. To avoid avalanches, the store remains closed with its doors. Consumers enter one by one. The office has been rationed, only 8 bread rolls for each person, at a price of 2 Cordoba, which is its usual value. The state of health of the children has become a real problem. - Planes like this are flying over the town of Esteli, located about 135 kilometers from Managua. The information indicates that there is still fighting. Up to this point we have arrived after traveling route 101 and crossing the so-called Isabelia mountain range, which is part of the central cordillera of the Central American mountain range that crosses the country from southeast to north-northeast. -To hinder progress, the route has been broken and a pit has been dug that obviously prevents the vehicles from crossing. -Finally, before us the city of Esteli. A dense column of smoke rises almost from the center of this population.
Date: 9/18/1978
Duration: 22 minutes 14 seconds
Film code: F-00561

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