Sandinista
Ortega's political movement
A Sandinista is a member or supporter of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, the leftist revolutionary movement that overthrew Nicaragua's Somoza dictatorship in 1979 and governed until 1990.
The name honors Augusto César Sandino, who led guerrilla resistance against U.S. occupation in the 1930s.
The term appears in political discussions of Central American history and U.S. foreign policy: Reagan backed the Contras against the Sandinistas.
Country with capital Managua
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- OrtegaTaco kit maker
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- MarxistCommunist theory follower
leftist · guerrilla · insurgent · overthrow · socialist · anti-imperialist · Managua · nationalization
Unified collection of recordings
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- rockSolid earthen material
- 1980Late twentieth century
- solidarityUnity among allies
Joe Strummer · protest music · London Calling · rebel · anthem · CBS · vinyl · new wave
A calendar year
- National GuardState-level reserve military
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- LeonMasculine name meaning lion
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
Contra · Iran-Contra · Reagan · CIA · embargo · elections · 1990 · transition
Non-professional armed force
- combatantOne who fights
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
weapons · Soviet aid · barricade · AK-47 · defense · mobilization · conscription · ambush
Nicaragua
Country with capital Managua
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- OrtegaTaco kit maker
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
Marxist · leftist · guerrilla · insurgent · overthrow · socialist · anti-imperialist · Managua · nationalization · agrarian reform
album
Unified collection of recordings
Joe Strummer · solidarity · protest music · London Calling · rebel · anthem · CBS · vinyl · new wave · post-punk
1979
A calendar year
- National GuardState-level reserve military
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- LeonMasculine name meaning lion
civil war · Contra · Iran-Contra · Reagan · CIA · embargo · elections · 1990 · transition · Cold War
militia
Non-professional armed force
- combatantOne who fights
- armed struggleViolent political conflict
- battalionMid-sized military unit
resistance · weapons · Soviet aid · barricade · AK-47 · defense · mobilization · conscription · ambush · casualties
- CommunistsMarx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao
- insurgentsinsurgent, guerrillas, guerrilla, rebel, resistance fighters
- revolutionariesrevolutionaries, revolutionary, rebel, rebels, Lenin
- Liberation Theologyliberation theology, praxis
Sandinistaanti-communist
Opposing collectivist state ideology
capitalist · right-wing · neoliberal · fascist · reactionary