Flights of Victory/Vuelos de Victoria

Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left. From 1979 to 1987 he served as Nicaragua's first culture minister. He is also famous as a poet. Cardenal was also the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Ernesto Cardenal after the RevolutionI. Vuelos de insurrecciónFlights of InsurrectionOfensiva final / Final OffensiveAmanecer / DawnLa llegada / The ArrivalLas campesinas del CuáEn el lago / On the LakeVuelo sobre la patria sin escala / Flight over the Homeland without StopoverBarricada / BarricadeII. Vuelos de victoria y celebraciónFlights of Victory and CelebrationLuces / LightsMeditación en un DC-3 / Meditation in a DC-3Aterrizaje con e[itafio / Landing with EpitaphOtra llegada / Another ArrivalVisión de un rostro / Vision of a FaceLlegaron las del Cuá / The Women from Cuá ArrivedLibres / FreeLa mañanita / The MorningIII. Vuelos de ReconstrucciónFlights of ReconstructionOcupados / BusyReflexiones de un ministro / Reflections of a MinisterReunión del gabinete / Cabinet MeetingWaslala / WaslalaEcologia / EcologyLas tortugas / The TurtlesFundación de la Asociación Latinoamericana para los Derechos Humanos / Founding of the Latin American Human Rights AssociationMisa ecuménica en Düsseldorf / Ecumenical Mass in DüsseldorfConcentración en St. George / Mass Rally in St. GeorgeLas loras / The ParrotsVisión mistica de las letras FSLN / Mystical Vision of the Letters FSLNEn Managua a media noche / In Managua at MidnightIV. Vuelos de memoria y visiónFlights of Memory and VisionPreguntas frente al lago / Questions by the LakeEl cuento de los garrobos / The Tale of the GarrobosEl chancho que no comió Rigoberto / The Pork Rigoberto Didn't EatA Donald y Elvis / To Donald and ElvisA Ernesto Castillo mi sobrino / To Ernesto Castillo My NephewViaje muy jodido / A Very Screwed-Up TripAnte una foto / Before a PhotoEn la tumba del guerrillero / In the Tomb of the Guerrilla Fighter19 de Julio / 19th of JulyVisión de la ventanilla azul / Vision from the Blue Window

""Cardenal's work has always focused on the 'democratization of culture'...his love of people, language, and country."" -- Library Journal|""His verse often seems like 'story-poetry', relating events, impressions and emotions that are deeply rooted in material history..."" -- NACLA