The Fall of the Conservative Republic: An Accidental Death, 1889–1896

Abstract

The Conservatives had taken pains to gradually include the gentry of León in the public administration, first through token gestures, and then as trust developed by giving them positions of real responsibility. But for 40 years the coalition of Easterners, led by the Granadans, resolutely barred citizens of Nicaragua’s second largest city from the office of chief executive. As one of Roberto Sacasa’s most ardent propagandists complained, referring to León and its satellites: ‘these towns lost their right to leadership in national affairs, and were condemned to submit to the law of the Eastern governments’.¹