We constantly met Sandinista supporters who informed us bluntly that they were about to overthrow the government. But here, violence was already in the air. Normally in Central America visitors were greeted at international frontiers with a measure of tolerance, occasional friendliness, and at the worst, indifference. My companion and I managed to enter the country without incident after paying a hefty “visa fee” but we were shocked at the behavior displayed by the border guards. My first inkling of trouble occurred at the border, where Customs officials treated travelers with rudeness and physical abuse. I visited Nicaragua at the beginning of the civil war. The events following this devastating natural disaster contributed greatly to the Sandinista Revolution a few years later. In 1972 an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck Nicaragua and destroyed its capital city, Managua.
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