What is Sandinista National Liberation Front?
[[Image:Flag of the FSLN.svg|thumb|250px|Flag of the FSLN]] The '''Sandinista National Liberation Front''', '''Sandinistas''', or '''Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN)''' is a [[political party]] in [[Nicaragua]]. It was founded by Augusto César Sandino.<ref name=Brit>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sandinista|accessdate=May 30, 2021|title=Sandinistas|publisher=Britannica}}</ref><ref name=Brown>{{cite web|title=The Sandinistas: Ideology and Domestic Politics|publisher=Brown University|accessdate=May 30, 2021| url=https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/n-sandinistas.php}}</ref> ==History== Silvio Mayorga, Tomás Borge, and Carlos Fonseca started the party in 1961.<ref name=Brown /> In [[1979]], [[Nicaraguan Revolution]] the Sandinista Party overthrew Anastasiio Somoza Debayle's dynasty. The Sandinistas then ruled from 1979 to 1990, and the FSLN took over as the country's sole power-sharing government in March 1981. Despite implementing a policy of mass [[education]] and promoting [[gender equality]], the government came under international scrutiny for [[human rights]] abuses and the oppression of indigenous people. The FSLN is Nicaragua's sole political party. It currently holds the country's only seat in congress. It often polls in opposition against the PLC. In 2006, Daniel Ortega was reelected as the country's president with many more votes than the other person who ran. ==References== {{reflist}} {{politics-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Political parties in North America]] [[Category:Organizations based in Nicaragua]]