A partir da Revolução Sandinista, ocorrida na Nicarágua em 19 de julho de 1979, esta pesquisa analisa a opção do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) por uma política internacionalista com foco na América Latina na década de 1980, quando da sua fase de formação e consolidação social. Também compila as ações de solidariedade e descreve a política externa do partido neste seu primeiro ciclo de existência, que coincide com o fim da Guerra Fria, a ascensão da era republicana nos Estados Unidos da América e o avanço do conservadorismo neoliberal. A pesquisa analisou documentos oficiais do partido e bibliografia especializada em arquivos públicos e privados, além de realizar entrevistas com dirigentes e militantes que participaram na definição e implementação dessa política. / Having the July 19th 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicarágua as its basis, this research analyses the option taken by the Worker´s Party (PT) for internationalistic policies focused on Latin America at the start of the 1980´s, when it underwent its creation and social consolidation. The study also actions of solidarity and this foreign policy adopted by the party, in its first cycle of existence, which coincided with the end of the Cold War, the ascension of the Republican Era in the U.S, and the advancement of neo-conservativism. The research analysed official party documents and biographies found in public and private archives, as well as interviewing party leaders and militants who participated in the implementation of these policies.

A partir da Revolução Sandinista, ocorrida na Nicarágua em 19 de julho de 1979, esta pesquisa analisa a opção do Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) por uma política internacionalista com foco na América Latina na década de 1980, quando da sua fase de formação e consolidação social. Também compila as ações de solidariedade e descreve a política externa do partido neste seu primeiro ciclo de existência, que coincide com o fim da Guerra Fria, a ascensão da era republicana nos Estados Unidos da América e o avanço do conservadorismo neoliberal. A pesquisa analisou documentos oficiais do partido e bibliografia especializada em arquivos públicos e privados, além de realizar entrevistas com dirigentes e militantes que participaram na definição e implementação dessa política. / Having the July 19th 1979 Sandinista Revolution in Nicarágua as its basis, this research analyses the option taken by the Worker´s Party (PT) for internationalistic policies focused on Latin America at the start of the 1980´s, when it underwent its creation and social consolidation. The study also actions of solidarity and this foreign policy adopted by the party, in its first cycle of existence, which coincided with the end of the Cold War, the ascension of the Republican Era in the U.S, and the advancement of neo-conservativism. The research analysed official party documents and biographies found in public and private archives, as well as interviewing party leaders and militants who participated in the implementation of these policies.

abstract: The revolution that took place in Nicaragua during the 70's led the country into misery; this war was a consequence of the Somoza dictatorship that had been in power for forty-five years. The Nicaraguan people were hoping to recover their peace and freedom by rising in arms against the dictatorship. Augusto Cesar Sandino is known to be the most significant patriotic figure for the Sandinista revolutionaries. His legacy inspired the foundation of the revolutionary party Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN). The FSLN was able to overthrow the Anastasio Somoza regime and declared their victory on July 19, 1979. The memories of the Sandinista Revolution are portrayed in the autobiographies of two Nicaraguan writers: Gioconda Belli and Sergio Ramirez. El país bajo mi piel (2001) y Adiós muchachos. Una memoria de la revolución sandinista (1999) are the texts analyzed in this study as part of those remembrances that revive the most significant events of the revolution from very unique perspectives. In order to develop this analysis we have consider the theoretical work of Phillip Lejeune. We have based our research in his definition of autobiography, his concept of autobiographical pact and the idea of contract between author and reader. Also, we have incorporated Evelyne Ender´s research on memory as the principal element in the literary construction of reminiscences. Ender explains the role of the rememberer, who is responsible of constructing their memories based on a subjective, cognitive, emotional and esthetic performance. At the same time, we have included the concept of biographical space explained by Leonor Arfuch, which is perceived as multi-faced space where different tendencies coexist. The purpose of this study is to explore the autobiographies of these Nicaraguan writers as an esthetical process where remembrances of the Sandinista Revolution come to live in a prose reflective narrative. Analyzing Belli and Ramirez's memoirs, we perceived their private and public stories of life that depict the most significant events of their lives and nation. The Sandinista Revolution is part of the Nicaraguan history and it cannot be forgotten that's the purpose behind this autobiographies to document these transcendental happenings. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Spanish 2012

Canada's relations with Nicaragua changed greatly during the 1980s after the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) came to power in a revolution which overthrew the Somoza dynasty. For the first few years of the new regime in Nicaragua, Canada provided little support, declaring that Canadians had no significant interests in the country and there was no reason for them to get involved in Central America's ongoing conflicts. When Brian Mulroney first came to power with Joe Clark as his Secretary of State for External Affairs, the Progressive Conservatives generally held to the course set by the previous Liberal government. However, as the 1980s went on the Conservatives began providing Nicaragua with more bilateral aid, and became increasingly involved in the regional peace process known as Esquipulas; this culminated in Canadian peacekeepers entering the region in 1990 as part of a UN peacekeeping force. The major impetus for the government's change in attitude was the strong and consistent pressure placed on the government by the Canadian public. Aid raised privately by Canadians for Nicaragua overshadowed government aid for much of the decade, making the government response look weak. The support of the Canadian public for action in Central America was the major factor which pressured the federal government into becoming more involved in Nicaragua, even though the government was not as supportive of the new regime in Nicaragua as a large portion of the Canadian public often was.

Canada's relations with Nicaragua changed greatly during the 1980s after the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) came to power in a revolution which overthrew the Somoza dynasty. For the first few years of the new regime in Nicaragua, Canada provided little support, declaring that Canadians had no significant interests in the country and there was no reason for them to get involved in Central America's ongoing conflicts. When Brian Mulroney first came to power with Joe Clark as his Secretary of State for External Affairs, the Progressive Conservatives generally held to the course set by the previous Liberal government. However, as the 1980s went on the Conservatives began providing Nicaragua with more bilateral aid, and became increasingly involved in the regional peace process known as Esquipulas; this culminated in Canadian peacekeepers entering the region in 1990 as part of a UN peacekeeping force. The major impetus for the government's change in attitude was the strong and consistent pressure placed on the government by the Canadian public. Aid raised privately by Canadians for Nicaragua overshadowed government aid for much of the decade, making the government response look weak. The support of the Canadian public for action in Central America was the major factor which pressured the federal government into becoming more involved in Nicaragua, even though the government was not as supportive of the new regime in Nicaragua as a large portion of the Canadian public often was.

Tesis, 1991. / Bibliogr. p. [215]-220.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, 2003. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71).

This thesis makes two arguments. First, that the analytical lens of terrorism is useful to understanding the modern state because it pits the state against its antithesis. Additionally, the discursive contest between the state and terrorists is best understood within a gendered framework. Second, the Sandinista Revolution did not revolutionize the discourse the Nicaraguan state used to legitimate itself, thus limiting the movement’s revolutionary nature.