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The article talks about Alan Bolt, La Praga's founder, a former member turned critic of the F.S.L.N., the Sandinista organization. Bolt preferred working in the underground with the F.S.L.N. or all their mutual reproaches, the F.S.L.N. and Bolt remain engaged, like a stern father with an uncontrollable son who acts out the father's unacknowledged self. Bolt hasn't been exiled, nor, for his part, does he support the contras, who horrify him, or the domestic opposition. Bolt is not entirely fair when he accuses the F.S.L.N. of betraying Sandino's support for campesinos.

Presents the author's experiences of staying with people of La Paz Centro, a village in Nicaragua during the war in the country as of April 1979. Attitude of village people towards the war; Appreciation of the hospitality of the villagers; Description of villagers behavior after attack on the village during the war.