Ministerio De Educación/ Cruzada Nacional De Alfabetización
Person TypeInstitution
founded 1980s Albuquerque, New Mexico
1933 Clovis, New Mexico - 2018 Everett, Washington
Australia, 1976 - late 1980s
1899 Oaxaca, Mexico - 1991 Mexico City, Mexico
BiographyThe Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetización (CNA, English: Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign) was a campaign launched in 1980 by the Sandinista government in order to reduce illiteracy in Nicaragua. It was awarded the prestigious UNESCO Literacy Award. There have been many other literacy campaigns in the country since the first one was launched in 1980.