scholarly journals A Nicaraguan Exceptionalism? Debating the Legacy of the Sandinista Revolution

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sandinista Revolution

Starting from Year One: The Politics of Health in Nicaragua

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Carlos Escudero
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Medical System ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Popular Participation ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
Sandinista Revolution ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Health Situation ◽  
And Control

The triumphant Sandinista revolution inherited a health situation characterized by high mortality, low life expectancy, widespread malnutrition, and a medical system limited in scope. The extent of these problems can only be estimated as a result of the somocista government's failure to develop an accurate system of vital statistics. While there are many options available for rapidly decreasing the high levels of mortality and morbidity in Nicaragua, the revolutionary government has chosen a strategy which fuses public health and politics. A health network based on popular participation and control is being formed which should not only decrease the high rates of malnutrition and infectious diseases in a cost-efficient manner, but should increase the strength of the revolution as well.

Swedish Social Democracy in Central America: The Politics of Small State Solidarity

1991 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Sofie Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
American Politics ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
Central American ◽  
Social Democratic Party ◽  
Small State ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Sandinista Revolution ◽  
Democratic Engagement ◽  
Nicaraguan Politics

Few events have captured the imagination of progressive countries and parties worldwide as did the July 1979 Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. Many of these parties became strong supporters of the Ortega government and were thus quite taken by surprise — as were most of those involved and engaged in Central American politics — by the outcome of the Nicaraguan election in February 1991. One such party, one of the most determined in its support of the Sandinistas, was Sweden's Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokratiska Arbetare Partlet or SAP), even though Sweden may not immediately come to mind as a natural participant in Central American politics. How can this intense Swedish Social Democratic involvement and partisanship be explained? How has Swedish support been translated into practical positions? Did the election victory of Violeta Chamorro, who was supported by the United States (a country whose Central American policy came under relendess fire by the SAP), signal the end of Swedish Social Democratic engagement in Nicaraguan politics?

The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution.

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Craig Auchter ◽  
Gary Prevost ◽  
Harry E. Vanden
Keyword(s):  
Sandinista Revolution
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