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Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica
As one of the tens of thousands to have fled Daniel Ortega’s regime, singer and ‘artivist’ Olguita Acuña says she has a duty to raise awareness of her country’s situation
Acuña is from Nicaragua but, like many people gathered for the performance, fled to neighbouring Costa Rica in 2018 after taking part in protests in the capital, Managua, sparked by president Daniel Ortega’s social security reforms. It’s easier to get a song across to the public than a political speech Olguita Acuña She studied diplomacy and international affairs in Nicaragua, and worked as a call centre training specialist, but when she first arrived in San José, she sold popcorn on the street and busked. Acuña played Nicaragua Nicaragüita, a pro-revolution song from 1980 by Carlos and Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, celebrated Nicaraguan brothers also now living in exile, in the US and Costa Rica, respectively.
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