Consequently, the Sandinistas made a tremendous effort to encourage Nicaraguans to attend the two papal masses that were held in León and Managua.
Scharllette Alexandra Allen Moses (born September 18, 1991) is a Nicaraguan beauty pageant titleholder from Bluefields who became the first black woman to win the title of Miss Nicaragua and represent her country in the 2010 Miss Universe pageant.
Silvio Antonio Aguilera Chévez (born June 20, 1954, in Telica, Nicaragua) is a former Nicaraguan professional baseball player.
Nicaraguans in the U.S. mobilized in the 1970s during the Sandinista revolution to rally support for the overthrow of the current oppressive regime of Anastasio Somoza.