Un acercamiento al Comité de Solidaridad con Nicaragua en Zaragoza, España (1978-1990)

Abstract

The Solidarity Committee with Nicaragua in Zaragoza, Spain, was created in 1978 by Nicaraguan people who were living in the city at the time. In 1990 it changed its name to Internationalist Solidarity Committee. From 1978 it has been in touch with the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) to actuality. There are two different ways to approach the research about social movements and international network of solidarity. The first way is outwards: from the place where the event happens to the place where the support comes from. The second one is inwards, from the place where the solidarity begins towards the place in need of social improvements. This paper attempts to deal with a part of this second approach. It researches the possible causes why the Committee in Zaragoza was established in the first place, why Spanish nationals joined it, their ideology, the actions taken and finally, the Committee’s relations both with the FSLN and the rest of Committees in Spain and Europe.

Keywords

• Nicaragua
• Sandinista Revolution
• Zaragoza
• Solidarity Committees