As troops invade Masaya, I remember what priest Edwin Román told me last month: “I consider this to be like birth pangs. There's blood; the blood of the young people, the tears of the mothers. But it won't be in vain. It will be the fertilizer for freedom” https://t.co/LB3mekxL1o

— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) July 17, 2018