Inside Costa Rica » Leon https://www.insidecostarica.com Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 León, “First Capital of the Revolution” hoping for its share of Nicaragua tourism boomhttps://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/08/10/leon-first-capital-revolution-hoping-share-nicaragua-tourism-boom/ https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/08/10/leon-first-capital-revolution-hoping-share-nicaragua-tourism-boom/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:00:51 +0000 Inside Costa Rica Staff http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18477 Visitors to León are greeted by a large sign reading, “First Capital of the Revolution.” A museum focusing on the 1979 Sandinista uprising sits in the center of town. On a recent afternoon, a short, stocky ex-guerrilla, Marcelo Pereira, stood outside inviting tourists in.

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