Our Bastard Friend Carlos

An impossible love affair between the wealthy Fausto Amador and the washerwoman Augustina Fonseca produced the ”illegitimate” Carlos Fonseca Amador.

In 1976, 40 years after his birth, Carlos was killed. Because of his work developing the Sandinistas, they took control of Nicaragua three years after his death and implemented mass literacy, extensive health care and promoted gender equality.

Never doubt the power of love.

“A friend is someone who criticizes you to your face
and praises you behind your back.”
Carlos Fonseca Amador