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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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