... 1979, in Nicaragua, Sandinista rebels established a government, having overthrown the U.S.-backed government of President Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who'd sought refuge in the United States a few days earlier. The Sandinistas would hold power for a decade marked by armed opposition from U.S.-aided Contras. On the role of Nicaraguan women during this period -- among them poet Daisy Zamora (above), see the 2005 UNIFEM publication, Guerra NO: Mujeres en la Conquista de la Paz en Guatemala, El Salvador y Nicaragua... 1936, U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) was born in Baltimore.
