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Nicaragua: Duke Ellington in Managua (1971)

A stop on Ellington’s second tour of Latin America. [More after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Et ecce terrae motus 1972

In memory of the lives that were forever changed as a result of the earthquake which destroyed Managua shortly after midnight on December 23, 1972. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Tallest Building in Managua

A visit to the top of the National Assembly of Nicaragua Building. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: Buildings of Old Managua

The oldest buildings are both witnesses and survivors. [Read more after the jump.]

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Nicaragua: The Great Earthquake of 1972

A beautiful city left ruined and scarred. [Read more after the jump.]

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Of Earthquakes and History

The tragic events that have occurred in Haiti within the last couple of days, and which are far from over, remind me of the cataclysmic effect natural disasters have on people, cities, artifacts, and ephemera.

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