It is known as the Heroic City. Three times in 1978 and 1979, the people of Esteli rose up against Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, who responded with an intense aerial bombardment which devastated the city of 30,000. Last week a still-scarred Esteli, 97 km north of Managua, was again the centre of attention as thousands of Nicaraguans gathered there to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Sandinista revolution that overthrew Somoza.
An unwritten law of the summer box office is that you can lead moviegoers to air-conditioned theatres, but you can’t make them think. Once again, summer audiences are lining up for breezy comedies, including Back to School, Club Paradise, Ruthless People and such flyweight action fantasies as The Karate Kid Part II and Top Gun.