Abstract

ASTORGA SANCHEZ, Leonardo. Discourses and Representations of the Anti-Sandinista Armed Opposition un the Costa Rican Press (1981-1985). Anuario de Estudios Centroamericanos [online]. 2022, vol.48, pp.433-468. ISSN 2215-4175.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/aeca.v48i0.53419.

Based on the consultation of journalistic material, such as editorials, opinion articles and reports, this paper aims to analyze and describe the way in which the counterrevolution was (re)represented in the pages of the newspaper La Nación. and the weekly magazines Universidad and Libertad. It is proposed as a starting point for the discussion that the Costa Rican written press was in charge of using a type of propaganda discourse, which was in charge of favoring or disfavoring the anti Sandinistas depending on the political-ideological position of the newspapers. Thus, far from explaining what happened in Nicaragua, the press was concerned with attacking, through discourse, those who were considered the other, the threat. Similarly, it is proposed that in a context of the Cold War, the ways in which to refer to Nicaraguans were resignified.

Keywords : Nicaragua; Cold War; Counterrevolution; Press; Discourse..

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