Word: masaya
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of galvanizing the economy, however, the shock treatment appeared to be paralyzing it. By week's end there were strong indications that the currency would be discredited before the new notes lost their crispness. At an open-air market in Masaya, about 15 miles from Managua, women hawking rice and beans complained that the official price guidelines amounted to selling at a loss. One woman, who said her morning's sales totaled 50 cents, demanded, "Am I supposed to feed my family with this...
Many areas seethe with bitter opposition to the government's conscription law, which requires two years of military service by all men over the age of 17. In Masaya two weeks ago, army recruiters dragged some 300 teenagers from their homes, according to eyewitness accounts, handcuffed them and, after checking their identities, impressed about 50 into the army. Over the next three nights, relatives and friends of the young men torched official cars, set bonfires and clashed with riot police. Said a local army veteran who was maimed fighting the contras: "I'll fight for my mother...
Monimbo, an Indian quarter in the city of Masaya, has a special place in Sandinista mythology. It was there in 1978 that residents launched the first urban insurrection against President Anastasio Somoza, sparking the revolution that toppled the dictator and put the Sandinistas in power. Ever since, official speeches have resounded with accolades to "heroic Monimbo." Last week Monimbo was up in arms again, only this time the target was the Sandinista regime...
...flourishing black-market rate is up to , 18,000. A briefcase is needed to collect the exchange on a $100 bill -- unless the exchange is in small-denomination notes, when a suitcase might be more useful. "The Sandinistas have made all of us millionaires," jokes a vendor at the Masaya bus terminal in Managua, pocketing a 5,000-cordoba bill for two lemonades. "The trouble is, even millionaires can't make ends meet here...
Despite the Sandinistas' claims of open elections, a government-inspired mob two weeks ago attacked about 50 Cruz supporters at a meeting in the city of Masaya. The opposition members were assaulted by a crowd of perhaps 4,000, many wielding machetes, before police came to the rescue. Some of the attackers later said hat they had been organized by middle-level Sandinistas: block committee leaders and union organizers...