Blood of the Innocent: Victims of the Contras' War in Nicaragua

by Teófilo Cabestrero

Innocent citizens of Nicaragua share their accounts of rapes, murders, kidnappings, torture, and massacres perpetrated by the American-backed contras

104 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1985

About the author

Claretian missionary. He studied Pastoral Theology in Rome and Brussels in the years of Vatican II. He writer and professor in Latin America. He centers his writings on the "experience" of our human emotions with which Jesus of Nazareth initiated the transformation of our human condition, his "revolution of the human heart."

Reviews

[Daniel Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short yet deeply moving book about the experiences of victims of the Contra War. This is written by a Catholic priest who visited several villages and basically transcribed what many witnesses and victims recounted. Specifically, the priest went to people near Somotillo, Ocotal, Estelí, Achuapa, and to missionaries in the Atlantic region.

[Inma · Rating 3 out of 5]

700 páginas que recorren épocas desde el medievo hasta la actualidad sobre el fanatismo religioso. Aventura e intriga

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obviously a bit outdated, but very moving and gruesome.