'' Encounter '' is the oldest scholarly academic journal in Nicaragua , originating in 1968 . The intellectuals who created this quarterly envisaged reflections on the confrontation of cultures in Nicaragua , between North and South America and also between the Mexican ( Nahua and Aztec ) and Andean ( Inca and Chibcha ) cultures . It searched for human solidarity , beginning with teachers and students . Publication was interrupted for a year after the earthquake that destroyed Managua in 1972 and from financial constraints at UCA from 1990 to 1993 . After 1972 '' Encounter '' was an annual , but in 1998 it returned to being a quarterly of social research
earthquake
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
Central American University (Managua)