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Sandinista
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Sandinista [ˌsændɪˈniːstə]
n (in Nicaragua)
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a.  one of a left-wing group of revolutionaries who overthrew President Somoza in 1979 and formed a socialist coalition government. The Sandinistas were opposed militarily by the US-backed Contras during the 1980s and were defeated in a general election in 1990
b.  (as modifier) the Sandinista revolution
[from Spanish, named after Augusto César Sandino a Nicaraguan general and rebel leader, murdered in 1933]


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The Sandinista National Liberation Front won 91 out of 146 municipalities, including the capital, according to an official count of 86 percent of the vote after Sunday's polls, which were marked by violence and allegations of fraud.
Early official returns showed Monday that Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front has taken the lead in municipal elections marked by violence and allegations of fraud.
The Reagan-Bush team finally achieved its goal of ousting the Sandinistas on February 25, 1990, when a majority of Nicaraguan voters chose the United Nicaraguan Opposition, headed by Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, over the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), headed by Daniel Ortega Saavadra, by a margin of 55 to 41 percent.
 
 
 
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