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Here is video you will never see in mainstream corporate media: Thousands of Nicaraguans gathered in Managua's working-class barrio San Antonio tonight to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution.

This is just one celebration among countless across the country
The revolutionary Sandinista movement remains a very powerful and popular force today — even after 40 years of the US government waging relentless war on the Nicaraguan people to try to destroy it.

These Nicaraguans are ignored by corporate media, but there are millions of them.
More video from a celebration last night.

Today millions of Nicaraguans across the country are celebrating the 40th anniversary of a revolution against US imperialism.

Last year, the US backed a brutally violent right-wing coup attempt against the elected FSLN gov—but it failed
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