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Rafaga - The Life Story of a Nicaraguan Miskito Comandante (Paperback, Reissue Ed.)
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Rafaga - The Life Story of a Nicaraguan Miskito Comandante (Paperback, Reissue Ed.)
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Rafaga is the life story of Reynaldo Reyes, a Miskito Indian born
in Nicaragua and a leader of the Miskito people in their struggle
for political autonomy and cultural survival. Here Reyes tells of
his childhood, his efforts to get an education, and his ordination
to the ministry. Swept up by the revolution, Reyes becomes a
military man, fighting with the Sandinistas against the National
Guard to depose the brutal Somoza regime. When he realizes the
revolution is not helping the Miskitos, Reyes joins his people's
resistance against the Sandinista government. Through daring
leadership, he quickly emerges as a field commander of the Miskito
counterrevolutionary forces, allied with the Contras and funded by
the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. But Reyes - known by his nom
de guerre, Rafaga - realizes that war is prolonging his people's
suffering. Sickened by the corruption among Contra political and
military leaders, Rafaga works with Miskito leaders toward peace
with the Sandinistas, in hopes of restoring the rights of the
Miskito nation. Much more than a political autobiography or an
ethnographic account, Rafaga is the story of a dynamic leader who
had the courage for war and the vision for negotiation. It is also
the gripping story of the devastation experienced indigenous people
in a region undergoing full-scale militarization.
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