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2 unusual facts about Sandinista National Liberation Front


Carla's Song

Searching for her past (her family and boyfriend), Carla returns to war-torn Nicaragua with George, into the thick of the U.S. sponsored Contra insurgency against the Sandinistas.

Third World Warrior

Kristofferson expressed support for Nelson Mandela and the Sandinista National Liberation Front; not long prior to the album's release, Mandela was freed from prison and the Sandinistas were defeated in elections, transferring power to the National Opposition Union.


Augusto C. Sandino International Airport

Named as Las Mercedes Airport in 1968 it was later renamed Augusto César Sandino International Airport during the Sandinista regime in 1980s and again in 2001 to Managua International Airport by then president Arnoldo Alemán.

León, Nicaragua

Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (1st term: 1967–1972, 2nd term: 1974–1979); overthrown by the Sandinistas.

Nicaraguan Sign Language

The number of students at the school (in the Managua neighborhood of San Judas) grew to 100 by 1979, the year of the Sandinista revolution.

Paul A. Trivelli

Trivelli was the source of much controversy for his remarks about the 2006 Nicarguan presidential election and his warnings about U.S. economic retailiation if Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega won the election.

Uriel Molina

Some of the most important Sandinistas had lived with him in a commune in Managua's poor El Riguero barrio before joining the Sandinista National Liberation Front, including Joaquín Cuadra, Álvaro Baltodano, and Luis Carríon.


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