In response to messages from our friends wanting to know more about one of last weeks Facebook posts, here is the blog you've been waiting for! Saturday July 12th marked the 36th anniversary of Liberation Day in El Sauce, a commemoration of the ousting of the National Guard in 1979. Dance and musical performances as well as speeches filled the afternoon air, but the real show begins as the day comes to an end. As the setting sun lights the faded façade of the church, several

“Ruben Dario!” The quick response one can expect to hear from any Nicaraguan when asked who the country’s greatest poet is. “ummm… Dr. Seuss?” A response you’d likely get from the same question to an American. But why? Poetry gets to the heart of what it means to be Nicaraguan. At every level of school poems are read, learned, and performed by students. Many can still recite some of their favorites years later including Enlace Project’s very own Yacarely Mairena who share