Raíces indígenas de la lucha anticolonialista en Nicaragua

by Jaime Wheelock Román

En nuestra América, constituye una herejía mencionar la existencia de luchas en el período correspondiente al colonialismo español. Casi todo los intérpretes de ese período han tendido un velo mistificado sobre los sucesos que comprende la resistencia aborigen y que a la larga ha deformado el carácter sangriento, tenaz y continuado de la lucha armada contra el invasor español.

Es natural que la interpretación de los sucesos históricos sea aprovechada para justificar una estructura de dominación que se ha mantenido—en Nicaragua como un ejemplo—con una continuidad sorprendente. Sin embargo, no se ha contado con que los hechos históricos hablen por sí mismos. En este sentido, el esfuerzo puesto en este trabajo se concentra en presentar el atestado histórico entresacado de las fuentes coloniales, o, en su caso, de los acontecimientos de la narrados por el historiador, cronista, informador de la época. El período extraordinariamente largo que abarca obligó al autor, en algunos casos, a subrayar los acontecimientos principales que se relacionan con la resistencia indígena, los brotes de rebeldía más representativos. En el período de independencia Jaime Wheelock trata lo más destacado de la participación indígena, buscando distinguir su aspecto clasista.
—tomado de la contraportada del libro

Incluye una Bibliografía Básica Citada

123 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Rubén · Rating 4 out of 5]

Honestly, I did not know it was a thesis.

The book commences in a fast pace and begins with the first invasions into Nicaragua. As the Spaniard invasion is thrust upon the people of Nicaragua, there are descriptions of the cruelty and the heinous lifestyle of the Spaniards in their conquest. The atrocities are numerous. Amidst the hell unleashed by the Spaniards, and subsequent European nations like the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain to name a few, the people of Nicaragua maintain themselves in a rebellious state. By the 1700's, the sword and cannon of the Europeans had committed genocide on a scale unseen before.

By the early 1800's, Wheelock describes the new calls for independence for the people of Nicaragua. This new small and feudal based system was unable to corral enough support from the people of Nicaragua. Wheelock then describes the rebellious nature of the people of Nicaragua against a new invader, the imperialist United States. The first incursion in the 1850's retarded Nicaragua by introducing the savagery of US slavery, wholly based on the weird descendants of Anglo-Saxon ideations of skin color. Once that monster that is Walker is captured and shot, Nicaragua enjoys a period of relative calm in comparison to the genocide of the previous centuries, this time, from the Imperialist United States. But the short lived growth of the Indigenous population during this period was again placed on hold as a new form of invasion was once more made on Nicaragua, this time, through the facade of enterprise through a dictatorship.

Through all this, the Nicaraguan people maintained a constant rebellion against all invasions. One would think that a history so prolonged is far-fetched and out of the realm of possibility, but the book clearly answers this question by defining the main reason for the success of the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN).

It is not a long book, but the thesis is heavy. Therefore, some of the stories may leave you longing for more. At which point, aren't you glad the internet and university libraries exist? The book is for the person that knows a thing or two. If you are not that person, then this might not be for you. But if you have working knowledge on Nicaragua, and want to understand why the consciousness of a country can be awakened through its history, then this is a text that one must have.