BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18683978 SEQUENCE:18767115 CREATED:20110707T005800Z DESCRIPTION:In July 1979 the Sandinista Front for National Liberation successfully carried out a revolution against the Somoza dictatorship, with mass support of the people. But for the next 11 years, the U.S. government financed a destructive and bloody Contra war that killed over 50,000 Nicaraguans, in order to try to keep the rich oligarchy in control, and to protect U.S. corporate interests. In 1990, after U.S. pressure and funding of the oligarchy opposition, the FSLN lost the elections to the UNO rightwing candidate Violeta Chamorro.\n \nIn 2006, after years of economic disaster and high unemployment, the FSLN candidate and former president Daniel Ortega, won the presidential election again.\n \nCome join a presentation and Nicaraguan cultural dance and poetry, to celebrate the 1979 revolution and learn about the gains and challenges facing the Nicaraguan people and\nSandinista government. \n featuring:\nCarlos Alberto Ordóñez - Political secretary, No. Cal. FSLN\nNoel Corea - Organizational secretary, No. Cal. FSLN\nDiana Bohn - Nicaragua Solidarity Committee (NICCA)\nXochiluitl - Nicaraguan cultural dancers\nWalter "El Huracán" Gómez - revolutionary poet\n SUMMARY:Cultural-Political Forum on Nicaragua, sponsored by Bay Area Latin America Solidarity Coal LOCATION:2969 Mission St., San Francisco\n(between 25th and 26th Streets, near 24 St. BART) URL: DTSTART:20110717T020000Z DTEND:20110717T040000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR