These documents, culled mainly from the intelligence reports of the US Marines and Nicaraguan National Guard (RG127), strike me as uncommonly illuminating.  All were produced by non-Sandinistas.  All offer insights into the rebels' beliefs, moral codes, values, and practices, or the cultural and social universe of Las Segovias, Nicaragua, and Central America within which they were embedded.

     Minor spelling errors have been corrected; names of people and places follow certain conventions to help ensure that searching the site yields robust results.  Each document is accompanied by an introductory note that sketches the contexts of its production, and suggests some of the reasons why it seems especially helpful.

     (Note:  ED means Ejército Defensor [Defending Army], short for Ejército Defensor de la Soberanía Nacional de Nicaragua [Defending Army of Nicaraguan National Sovereignty, EDSNN], the official title of the Sandinista politico-military organization, of which Sandino was the Jefe Supremo [Supreme Chief].)

I.  Inventory of Documents