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Lines Drawn in the Sandinistas

Nicaragua’s democratic left chafes under President Ortega’s rule.

By Freda Moon

On a downtown street corner in Leon, Nicaragua, a young man in black carries a large wooden cross in the mid-day heat. Across his chest, a sash reads “Dictator.” The cross is marked with swastikas, alongside the acronym FSLN, for Nicaragua’s ruling party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front. He is protesting against Daniel Ortega, the former guerrilla leader and current Nicaraguan… return to article

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