The Nicaraguan Revolution heralded sudden and dramatic change on the Atlantic Coast, which had long been an internal colony of Somoza's Pacific-oriented Nicaraguan state, which exploited the region's resources but otherwise neglected it.
The Nicaraguan Revolution brought about rapid and dramatic changes to the Atlantic Coast, a region that had been an internal colony of Somoza's Pacific-oriented Nicaraguan state, which exploited its natural resources but otherwise neglected it.