Women bull riders buck tradition in macho Nicaragua

When Perez was a teenager she started to feel an attraction to bull riding but her brother told her it was only "for men". Photos: AFP

When Eveling Perez was a teenager, she became fascinated by bull riding but her brother told her it was only for men in Nicaragua, where machismo was and still is the norm.

She ignored him. Now the 33-year-old cook takes part in rodeo shows, riding a bucking bull.