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World Service,20 Jan 1999,4 mins

Nicaraguan Revolution

My Century

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"We didn't have free elections. We didn't have any possibility to develop a right to freedom... The country was like a private farm of this family." Antonio Jaroquin got involved in Nicaragua's revolution of 1970 to challenge the Somoza family who had been dictators of the country for 35 years.

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