Readings from the work of poet Ernesto Cardenal. The Nicaraguan Minister of Culture, he wrote a narrative poem about American adventurer William Walker who gained control of Nicaragua by force during the 1850's. The poem traces his ascendency to the Presidency in July 1856, to his execution of September 12, 1860.|WITH WALKER IN NICARAGUA: ED ASNER READS ERNESTO CARDENAL / produced by Jonathan Cohen and Raymond Meyer. - Poet Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Minister of Culture, wrote a narrative poem about American adventurer William Walker who gained control of Nicaragua by force of arms during the 1850's| from President in July 1856 to his execution on September 12, 1960.
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