Nicaraguan Sandinista Revolution turns 29

Caracas, Venezuela, 19 July 2008. Today, Nicaraguan government celebrates the 29th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. President Daniel Ortega organized a meeting of regional Latin American leader for the occasion at Plaza la Fe at Managua. Among the Heads of state who now attend the celebration are Honduran Manuel Celaya, Paraguayan Fernando Lugo and Venezuelan Hugo Chavez.

During his intervention yesterday at Leon, President Daniel Ortega confirmed the revolutionary and anti imperialistic spirit of his government. After calling for a united Latin America, President Ortega rejected the intentions of the local Sandinista revisionist democratic movement. He claimed they were revolution traitors currently funded by imperialist US and EU to topple the government.  

Sources: VTV, El Pueblo Presidente, Globovision, La voz del Sandinismo, Unionradio, YVKE,