sANDINISTA
- Sandinista were left wing on the political scale.(Liberal)
- Developed FSLN to help fight against the dictator Anastasio Somaza Sandino.
- FSLN named after Augusto Cesar.
- Tried to overrun the government by forming a junta (Political group or military that rules a country after they have conquered them by force). This junta allowed them to halt elections, nationalize industries, and expose Marxist Leninist positions which this had all caused the U.S guerrillas to not be too pleased. The guerrillas later on would stand up to the Sandinista and have support from the U.S in order to take down the Sandinista.
- The U.S were against the Sandinista so they launched several attacks on the people in Nicaragua in order to make them suffer.These attacks had been put into action in three parts. These three parts were to have the U.S get the World Bank to terminate all of the projects that had involved the Sandinista. The second part was to launch a Contra (See Contra tab) war and an illegal economic war. The U.S had many orders and boycotts to help end the economic development and social reform inside the country which would wreck the Sandinista even more.Thirdly, the U.S started to fund the Contra with the selling of arms to Iran. This was the Iran-Contra Affair. (See conflict tab).They had also started to use terror against them in order to prevent rebuilding anything that may benefit them after the U.S had already knocked it down.
- After several weather issues such as earthquakes, and hurricanes the Sandinista had new problems rise to the surface with trying to fix the mess the storms had created. The U.S did not send any aid to assist them and their fellow citizens as well as advising their allies to not send aid to them.This was because they feared someone would try to take advantage of them and steal their money, or any other thing that is considered valuable.
- A man named Ortega had ran for elections in order to help oppose some of the groups running against him, however Chamorro had defeated him in the elections. Sandinista still took part in police and the army.
- People formed MRS which stands for Sandinista Renovation Movement to which really didn't help fight against the Sandinista. In an election they had only won a single seat due to the Sandinista being their major competitor.