03/09/2024
We often talk about adventure, adrenaline and excitement when we refer to the most famous volcano in Nicaragua, Mount Negry, how can we not do it? If its dark sands, its young crater, views are synonymous with all that, if its giant volcanic rocks thrown by the colossus in the latest and recent eruption are now the perfect setting for selfies and photos of tourists from all over the world.
However, when I see Cerro Negro, another word comes to mind:
Hope: sometimes we forget that Malpaisillo, that small town located almost at the foot of the volcano, was the first liberated municipality in Nicaragua, the eruptions of 1969 and 1971 are a harbinger of what would come 8 years later: a kind of explosion in the hearts of the guerrillas, a popular insurrection as fast as the planks sliding the volcano, As electrifying as the crater of Cerro Negro
On June 18, 1979, In the vicinity of Cerro Negro, free people shouted: "We won, we are free and we will not be slaves
