Heirs of Sandino: The Nicaraguan revolution and the U.S.-Nicaragua solidarity movement

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 80-100

  Perla Jr , Héctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nicaragua; Solidarity; Transnational social movements; U.S. foreign policy

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REPRESSION; SELF DETERMINATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

NICARAGUA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349112859     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X09350765     Document Type: Article

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