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Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega makes grab to consolidate power - MSN
The FSLN flag would become a national symbol, equal to the Nicaraguan flag and the national anthem. What they're saying: ...
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Analysis | In massive street protests, Nicaraguans are using Ortega’s revolutionary symbols against him - The Washington Post
The regime has had limited success in countermobilizing its supporters. For years the FSLN has reinforced its image as the only Nicaraguan political party with a mass base by staging large ...
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Las turbas: Who are Nicaragua’s pro-government armed groups?
On July 17, footage emerged online of masked men hoisting a red-and-black flag emblazoned with the letters FSLN in what they said was Monimbo, a neighbourhood in the south Nicaraguan city of ...
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FSLN: Revolutionary or Reactionary?
MANAGUA – The religious fever with which the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) is defending Nicaragua’s controversial ban on lifesaving “therapeutic abortion” has further lifted the mask on ...
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Ortega's party in Nicaragua "seizes" five opposition municipalities and replaces mayors - The Tico Times
In 2017, CxL won elections in five of the 18 municipalities held by the opposition, while 135 went to the FSLN. In August 2021, CxL, which led an opposition alliance to compete with Ortega in general ...
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Nicaragua marks 1979 revolution date with opponents jailed
Women wave Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) flags during commemorations for the 42nd anniversary of the triumph of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution that toppled dictator Anastasio Somoza ...