Revisiting Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution

Researching scenes in Managua and Grenada for a political thriller

04.03.2011 - 06.03.2011

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Mar. 4, 2011) -- I arrived in Managua for a very short but well-planned research trip for several scenes in an upcoming thriller. Of particular importance a back story weaved into the dark past of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution and the toppling Somoza regime.

Photo above: view of old downtown Managua, the part of the capital that was most damaged by the earthquake of 1972.

Photo above and below: view from Tiscapa Hill and part of “El Bunker”, the heavily defended and hardened base from where former president Somoza ran his failed campaign to defeat the Sandinistas.

Photo above: another view from Tiscapa Hill showing the remains of the once heavily defended Somoza bunker (concrete at bottom of photo). In the distance is the newer part of Managua.