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Zombie Revolutionary: Augusto Sandino and the Nicaraguan Revolution
July 19, 2024| Pete| 3027
On this day in 1979, Sandinista revolutionaries took power in Nicaragua - 45 years after Sandino's death “…our cause will live on through those who follow us.” These were the words of Augusto Cesar Sandino (1895-1934), the Nicaraguan revolutionary.
Patrice Lumumba: A Lost Dream in the Congo
July 2, 2019| Pete| 1612
In 1960, the Congolese people, after breaking free from the Belgian Empire, elected Patrice Lumumba as their first Prime Minister.
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