On this day in 1978, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) staged a massive kidnapping operation where they captured the National Palace and held more than 1,000 people hostage in exchange for money, the release of political prisoners, and the ability to publicize their cause.
In the 1970s, Nicaragua was rocked by political turmoil, with widespread riots and multiple anti-government general strikes occurring in 1978. A violent campaign to overthrow the government was also initiated by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Despite these efforts, the leader of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza, remained in power.
On August 22nd, 1978, with just 26 members, the FSLN staged a massive kidnapping operation where they captured the National Palace.
Many of the participants were quite young - Columbian socialist author Gabriel García Márquez wrote that, excluding the experienced guerilla leader Éden Pastora, the average age of the group was twenty. Three were just eighteen years old.
Led by Pastora, the Sandinistan forces captured the Palace while the legislature was in session, taking more than 1,000 hostages. The rebels demanded money, the release of Sandinistan prisoners, and, "a means of publicizing the Sandinista cause."
After two days, the government agreed to pay $500,000 and to release certain prisoners, marking a major victory for the FSLN. Somoza was finally ousted by the FSLN in 1979.
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I’m so tired of Americans whining that different states have dramatically different cultures and it’s almost comparable to European countries.
I’m an American and what the fuck are you talking about? The United States is one of the most culturally homogenous places on earth. If I take an interstate exit in any town or city in the country I will be on a stroad that looks exactly identical to the one in every other city.
Like sure there are a couple of regional differences, like the south knows how to cook food while the Midwest should have ovens taken away until they learn to behave. But there are towns directly across a river from each other in Europe that have more distinct cultures than any two location in the US.
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This is Wawa erasure
Death to America
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The biggest cultural difference I experienced in the UK was the lack of ice water
psycho shit :ukkk:
Truly bonkers. Imagine drinking lukewarm water all the time. I basically only have drinks over ice.
the united kingdom is decadent and depraved
Unfortunately I’d still sell my left leg to live there, at least they have nice weather, public transit, and healthcare (for now)
:agony: yeah, even as a trans woman i'd consider it. things are real bad there, but they're getting even worse over here.
Definitely better to be trans in the UK than Florida, which is 1. Horrific, and 2. New, I really don’t think I could’ve said the same 5 years ago.
yeah it really is a race to the bottom, and :ukkk: just can't compete
This is mostly because Americans can't conceptualize a world outside of their own and it's therefore impossible for them to imagine differences larger than consuming the same items from differently named Big Box stores and the weather being slightly warmer/colder. Any American who says this has never left the confines of the United States or was so willfully blind to learning anything at all when they left.