so here are the positives of the revolution aynn layed out, it seems appropriate to begin with pros rather than cons-the glass is half full right? so number one, obviously overthrowing Somoza and his cruel dictatorship was good; unless of course you were Somoza, the national guard, or the oligarghy. second pro was the relationship with USSR and Cuba the Sandanistas enjoyed. the education and helath initiatives are famous and should be read about somewhere else cuz quite honestly I don't know that much. also the agrarian reform is denoted a positive, the process in which the Sandinistas gave land to the peasants in the form of cooperatives. here a problem arises in the manner that they did so, the revolution must be understood as an urban revolution and when this military junta applied these good ideals and intentions to the campo they failed to translate. this lack of cultural sensitivity to the needs and wants of the rural campesinos led to a miscommunication of immense proportions and economic decline. in the first years after the triumph, women's rights were also realized, no billboards could have the image of a woman in order to sell a product. sadly, the situation changed and on March 8,88 Daniel was quoted saying the role of women in Nicaraguan society was to have more babies to fight in the army. The revolution tends to be romantized, especially looking back at what could have been. but the truth is the sandinistas made mistakes apart from what the US and low intensity contra war did. economic discontent was wide spread, as a result from the agrarian reform, and lack of food and supplies during the war years. civil rights were suspended, particularly the censorship of the newspapers and religion. for example mormons and jehovah's witnesses were kicked out of the country on suspicion of working for the CIA. Perhaps the worst, gravest mistake made was what the army did to the indigenous population that lives on the east coast, the atlantic coast. again the sandanistas failed to have cultural sensitivity and removed the mestizos from their sacred land along the river and forced migrations cost thousands of lives. ahh this is so long, i'll write more later about the years 90 till present, after the sandanistas lost power due to the power of the vote. sorry i suck at keeping up to date, but we have hardly any time it seems to be at the ciber. hasta pronto.