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1979: Sandinista rebels take Nicaraguan capital
Fighters of the left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front overthrow the regime in the central American republic of Nicaragua in July 1979. President Anastasio Somoza Debayle - the third ...
America Magazine8m
Nicaragua regime expels country’s top Catholic bishop
Bishop Carlos Enrique Herrera of Jinotega was forced to leave Nicaragua after accusing a local Sandinista mayor of sacrilege for disturbing a celebration of the Mass by blaring loud music outside the ...
The Economist2y
Under Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua has become a one-party state
The ruling party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front, took control of all 153 municipalities, after capturing the remaining 12 that were run by other parties. Nicaragua is now, in effect ...
BBC5y
Nicaragua mothers mourn on eve of Sandinista revolution's anniversary
Such actions as well as his outspoken sermons, which have been openly sympathetic to the opposition cause, have brought him pressure from the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).
Atlanta Journal-Constitution1mon
Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua's ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77
The younger Ortega joined the fighters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and was wounded in the arm in 1969 during an operation to free Carlos Fonseca, the Sandinista commander ...
Morning Star1mon
Making revolution in Nicaragua
son of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) founder Comandante Carlos Fonseca, especially proud is the Councils for Citizens Power movement. These neighbourhood councils are seen as an ...
WRBL1mon
Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua’s ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77
The younger Ortega joined the fighters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and was wounded in the arm in 1969 during an operation to free Carlos Fonseca, the Sandinista commander ...