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"...a monastic witness of conscience to our fellow citizens of the United
States."
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Weston Benedictine Monks
Journey to Nicaragua
Winter Retreat, 2001
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Managua 1988:
Remembering
our first visit
(ONE OF A
SERIES
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In January 1988, the brothers of Weston Priory journeyed to Nicaragua under the
guidance of Global Awareness Through Education, a program coordinated by
Chess Campbell, a U.S. Presbyterian laywoman on the staff of the Nicaraguan
organization CEPAD.
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A failed hope? Sandinista billboard on
a vacant lot in Managua: 'We want
peace with dignity'
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The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) – which, in 1979, had
overthrown the corrupt Samoza dictatorship after a protracted guerilla war --
was ruling the country. By 1988, the United States-backed Contra War, and
the illegal U.S. blockade of Managua harbor, were taking a toll on unity within
the country.
The brothers articulated the purpose of their 1988 visit in this way:
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To express "solidarity and hope to the poor and suffering people of
Nicaragua," and
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To be "a monastic witness of conscience to our fellow citizens of the United
States."
Next:
The hope of the Sandinista revolution
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