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iguanalover
Joined 2013
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9 years ago

El Replieque

9 years ago

June 20 is a national holiday in Nicaragua. I hope I spelled it right. It is the remembering of the retreat the FSLN made from Managua to Masaya during the war. It is a very big deal in that area, I don't know about the rest of the country.

All schools and banks will be closed as well as many offices. Celebrations have already begun. There is a big party at the house of the FSLN party boss on our block with patriotic songs and a nice band. Our party boss is a very nice grandfather who runs a local pulperia with his family, starting with great gandma and going down to a preschooler.

Tomorrow there will be demonstrations and protests in central Managua ending with a walk (some lucky ones ride) from Managua to Masaya. It is broadcast on TV, it may be the only thing on TV for awhile because the government has the right to take over TV broadcasts whenever they want, although they don't do it often.

There will be thousands of the party faithful in the streets and on the road. And I mean thousands. El Presidente and the Mrs. ride in their Land Rover (nice, and new). I don't know what marchers do when they arrive in Masaya although I think the festivities go on deep into the night.

June 20 is not a good day to be in Managua or on the road to Masaya. As a general rule it is not good to be on the road the day before or after a holiday.

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