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The oldest institution of higher education in Nicaragua is the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicaragua, which was founded in 1812, dating back to the Spanish colonial period. Between 2002 and 2003, a total of 100,363 Nicaraguan students attended universities and other institutions of higher learning.
Nicaraguan Revolution; Part of the Central American crisis and the Cold War: Clockwise from top left: FSLN guerrillas entering León, suspected rebels executed in León, a government spy captured by guerrilla forces, destruction of towns and villages taken by guerrilla forces, a bombing by the National Guard air force, an FSLN soldier aiming an RPG-2
Prior to the Sandinista Revolution in 1979 some 75% of the rural population of Nicaragua was illiterate. [citation needed] The total population had an estimated illiteracy rate of 50%. [citation needed] Planning for the literacy campaign began approximately four months after the Sandinista Revolution which overthrew the Somoza political dynasty.
Carlos Tünnerman Bernheim (10 May 1933 – 27 March 2024) was a Nicaraguan lawyer, diplomat, government official and educator. He was a Minister of Education in Nicaragua, serving during the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government from 1979 to 1984.
The triumph of the Sandinista Revolution of 1979 also brought a moment of change and crisis for college. Changes included: compulsory military service, during which many students died; student participation in coffee harvesting and in the national literacy crusade; many parents withdrew their children from school because they did not agree with ...
In 1979, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in Nicaragua. [1] [2] Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas ruled the country first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction. Following the resignation of centrist ...
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Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, foreign minister of Nicaragua, once said that Pezzullo was "the best U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua in this century" for ''trying to help his government understand the irreversibility of the process here and seek a modus vivendi with" the Sandinistas. [1] Pezzullo also served as ambassador to Uruguay from 1977 to 1979. [10]