Nicaragua and Latin America Today: Some reflections

“Nicaragua and Latin America Today: Some reflections”

 Miguel Ángel López, University of Jyväskylä

 Venue: Viljatie 4 B 3. kerros, 00700 Helsinki

Time: 17 hours

Thursday, November 8^th 2018

Summary: A historical, social and religious analysis of what is happening in the Sandinista Nicaragua of Daniel Ortega. At the same time, we will be see the reasons for the advance of the extreme right in Latin America. After an introduction to Sandinismo, López will analyze the historical relationship between religious institutions, internal oligarchic power and foreign imperialist intervention.