Australian Left Review

Article Title

Children of the Terremoto

Authors

Will Silk

Abstract

Of Nicaragua's population of 2.9 million, 54% live in cities, 48% are under fifteen years old and 68% are under 24 years old. The majority of Nicaraguans have known no life other than that of natural disasters, the savage military repression of the National Guard, and the revolutionary struggle against Somoza's dictatorship.