Artist: Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy
Author: Tomás Borge/Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy
Year: 1979

Nicaraguan. Reissued on Japanese cd Nicarafricanico.

Tomás Borge was a poet and a political activist who was tortured under the Somoza regime. After the Sandinista Revolution he became Minister of Interiors. One of his first actions was to release ex officers. During the official ceremony he recognized one of his former torturers. Minister Borge walked over to him and told him dryly: "This release is my personal revenge". This scene inspired Borge's friend Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy to write this song about the sandinistas' legendary forgivingness. The English translation is by Jorge Calderon.