Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,673 |
14 Facts About Sandinista
2.
Term "Sandinista" was adopted two years later, establishing continuity with Sandino's movement, and using his legacy to develop the newer movement's ideology and strategy.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,674 |
3.
Sandinista's assassins were not identified at the time, but evidence implicated Somoza's son and other members of the National Guard.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,675 |
4.
The Sandinista-controlled mass organizations were extremely influential over civil society and saw their power and popularity peak in the mid-1980s.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,676 |
5.
Sandinista's administration authorized the CIA to begin financing, arming and training rebels, most of whom were the remnants of Somoza's National Guard, as anti-Sandinista guerrillas that were branded "counter-revolutionary" by leftists.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,677 |
6.
Ortega remained the head of the FSLN, but his brother Humberto resigned from the party and remained at the head of the Sandinista Army, becoming a close confidante and supporter of Chamorro.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,678 |
7.
The Sandinista vote was split between the FSLN and MRS, but the split was more uneven, with limited support for the MRS.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,679 |
8.
The ideology of Sandinismo gained momentum in 1974, when a Sandinista-initiated hostage situation resulted in the Somoza government adhering to FSLN demands and publicly printing and airing work on Sandino in well known newspapers and media outlets.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,680 |
9.
The Sandinista leaders acknowledged that the FSLN owed a great debt to the socialist island.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,681 |
10.
The Sandinista regime tried to keep the revolutionary spirit alive by empowering its citizens artistically.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,682 |
11.
Therefore, while the activities of the Catholic church contributed to the success of the Sandinista revolution, the hierarchy's opposition was a major factor in the downfall of the revolutionary government.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,683 |
12.
Sandinista's bedroom was filled with aquariums, terrariums, snakes, hamsters, spiders, and butterfly and beetle collections.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,684 |
13.
Sandinista never made a break from his parents, but they rarely knew where he was.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,685 |
14.
Sandinista's body was later identified as a dead Sandinista freedom fighter.
| FactSnippet No. 2,278,686 |