Nicaraguan Revolution (1979)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nicaraguan_Revolution_(1979)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:casualties estimated 30,000 deaths
gptkbp:cause social inequality
human rights abuses
opposition to Somoza dictatorship
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front
gptkb:Somoza_regime
gptkbp:endDate 1979
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nicaraguan Revolution (1979)
gptkbp:legacy influenced leftist movements in Latin America
led to U.S. involvement in Contra War
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international attention
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Carlos_Fonseca
gptkb:Anastasio_Somoza_Debayle
gptkb:Daniel_Ortega
gptkb:Eden_Pastora
gptkb:Tomás_Borge
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Contra_War
Sandinista period
gptkbp:result overthrow of Somoza dictatorship
establishment of Sandinista government
gptkbp:significance beginning of Sandinista era
end of Somoza family rule
gptkbp:startDate 1978
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nicaragua_(historically)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6