The high school student movement in Matagalpa as part of the revolutionary struggle 1975-1979

Abstract

The student movements in Nicaragua have been present in the historical future of the nation and have had an impact since the beginning of the process of independence of Spain in 1821, although the participation of students during some periods was not visible in society, it should be noted that they have played a fundamental role in the formation of the Nation State and therefore of the historical memory of the country. The Association of Secondary Students must be conceived as a particular movement in Latin America, since it was led by high school students, without conducting the university students of León, Managua or Carazo. These high school students developed various activities of organization, agitation and mobilization in the city of Matagalpa until they reached one of their best known actions as was the "Insurrection of the boys", element that highlights and particularizes it, in the same way they play an important role with their participation in the Sandinista National Liberation Front that guards the overthrow of the Somoza Military Dictatorship on July 19, 1979, which they took standout as grassroots and intermediate cadnois at the Regional Faustino Ruiz "El Cuje".