Search Details

Word: prinzapolka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...initially held only in Spanish. Disgruntled Miskito leaders quickly became a major nuisance for the Sandinistas. Suspecting growing separatist sentiments among them, Sandinista forces last year arrested 33 Indian leaders, and shortly thereafter four government soldiers and four Miskitos were killed during a Shootout at a Moravian church in Prinzapolka. One of those arrested was Steadman Fagoth Miiller, 27, a militant young Miskito leader feared by the Sandinistas. On his release in May, he quickly fled to Honduras, where he unambiguously declared himself in opposition to the Managua government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving the Miskitos | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

| 1 |