Also known as Carlos Fonseca Amador. Inspired by the story of Augusto Cesar Sandino, he helped found the Nicaraguan Sandinista movement. He was killed fighting Nicaraguan National Guard forces loyal to dictatorial president Anastasio Somoza Debayle. He was first buried near his place of death in the Zinica forest. After the Sandinista revolution, he was reinterred in a tomb at the Plaza of the Revolution in Managua.
Also known as Carlos Fonseca Amador. Inspired by the story of Augusto Cesar Sandino, he helped found the Nicaraguan Sandinista movement. He was killed fighting Nicaraguan National Guard forces loyal to dictatorial president Anastasio Somoza Debayle. He was first buried near his place of death in the Zinica forest. After the Sandinista revolution, he was reinterred in a tomb at the Plaza of the Revolution in Managua.
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