Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

In 2013 I traveled to Managua and Tegucigalpa to do archival work that could substantiatemy master’s research on Augusto C. Sandino and Mexico. Beforehand was aware that in order toseriously study the Sandinista movement of the twenties was essential to consult Ariel Magazinedirected by the Honduran intellectual Froylán Turcios.After an interesting journey I could find the Ariel Magazine in Tegucigalpa, however, theconditions in which the collection was made impossible to consult, and I was able to analyze thosespecimens that were not in danger of being damaged. During the process of systematization of theretrieved information, I could measure the importance that this publication and its editor Turcioshad in Latin American anti-imperialist struggle, and building a continental identity during the firstdecades of the twentieth century.This article intends to analyze the Ariel Magazine from a series of methodological variables,pointing out the importance of the political dimension that had this and other cultural magazines inLatin America, not only because of the issues and debates they held, but also because of their impacton Latin American reality.The analysis reveals a problem that must be considered when studying Latin American antiimperialismfrom this perspective, The physical dispersion of the magazine, the neglect of the existingcollection and even more serious, its incompleteness.Key words: Sandinista movement, Cultural magazines, Anti-imperialism, identity.

The purpose of this article is to reflect from a regional historical focus on the autonomous regions of Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast, taking into account their cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and geographic diversity. It was taken as reference the theoretical historical-regional perspective proposed by Vizcaino, who contemplates the cohesion of all factors, internal and external, that comes together in the historical evolution of a region, which combine harmoniously and they integrate as a whole. From this perspective, the study interprets that the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua with its cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and geographic diversity, can be addressed from a regional historical approach. This study will take into account the specificity of the historical evolution of this region compared to other regions of the country. A protagonist area of many events that have shaped it as a single entity, without possibility of being confused with other localities. Since its beginnings, more than five thousand years ago, in this region settled towns from the south as the chibchas and Macrochibchas, culturally different from those of the Pacific of Nicaragua that came from the north. The English presence dating from 1616 is another element different from the rest of the country. The low incidence of the Spanish and the resistance of the native peoples to any domination, are also issues that are addressed in researchKeywords: Regional history, geographical space, diversity, interdisciplinary, Caribbean coast.

This paper analyzes the experiences and reflections of two preschool teachers, Ángela María Herrera Rivera (Angelita) y Francisca Celia Olivas Olivas (Celia), regarding the first preschool centers of their communities. The theoretical framework is based on concepts derived from social interaccionism. The method consisted of oral history. The results showed teachers memories regarding their educational work during the 1980s and their contributions to the development of non-formal preschool education during a period of social change in Nicaragua.Keywords: Non-formal preschool education, community preschool centers, preschool teachers.

This paper is a compilation of governmental policies concerning information Organizational management, Archives and relevant professionals, from 1863 to 2012; including law of digital signature. Moreover, the documental production is reviewed, as well as the current academic training of professionals in the management and organization of documents, who will enable information access. The history of Nicaragua documentary production is reviewed; as well as the academic training of professionals in the management and organization of documents. This paper slightly addresses international standards of archival description, suggested by the International Council of Archives (ICA) and the open source platforms on which such standards can be operated.Keywords: Archives; Documental Organization; Information; Archival Policies; Archival Legislation; Academic training; Information Access; History.

Studying El Nicaragüense filibuster´s publication, a paper argue that the filibuster´s phenomena in Nicaragua (1855-1857) can be understood if we have a look towards process, products and transnational actors. The paper analyzes how the bilingual newspaper transfers an American journalism concept to the ism that collided Nicaraguan ideas; however meant progress for those related to liberalism in Nicaragua. The paper explores the newspaper propagandistic success that despite of having limited circumscription to the United State, had an enormous impact. This essay also discuss Cubans influence of Cubans in Walker´s troop, and concludes that they played an important communication role in cultural and linguistic translation between Nicaraguan and Anglo – Saxons.Keywords: National war; El Nicaragüense, Nicaragua, XIX Century, American Press; Nicaraguan Press; William Walker, Patricio Rivas, Francisco Argüello Estrada, Transnational History.