nicaragua

i read this book about nicaragua called the country under my skin, and it prompted me to look up this interview w the author (in some ways, better than the book):
http://www.arlindo-correia.com/020303.html

and this historical figure, mentioned only in passing in the book. she led other female troops to take control of the first city liberated from the somoza regime in nicaragua in 1979:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maria_Tellez