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The Sandinista National Liberation Front (Spanish: Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, or FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino who led the Nicaraguan resistance against the United States occupation of Nicaragua in the 1930s.
The FSLN overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979, ending the Somoza dynasty, and established a revolutionary government in its place. Following their seizure of power, the Sandinistas ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as part of a Junta of National Reconstruction. Following the resignation of centrist members from this Junta, the FSLN took exclusive power in March 1981. They instituted a policy of mass literacy, devoted significant resources to health care, and promoted gender equality. Oppositional militias, known as Contras, formed in 1981 to resist the Sandinista's Junta and received support from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The 1984 elections, described by international observers as fair and free, were nevertheless boycotted by the main opposition. The FSLN won the majority of the votes. Those who did oppose the Sandinistas won approximately a third of the seats. Despite the clear electoral victory for the Sandinistas, the Contras continued their violent attacks on both state and civilian targets, until 1989. The FSLN lost elections in 1990 to Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, after revising the constitution in 1987 and after years of resisting the United States–supported Contras, but they retained a plurality of seats in the legislature.
Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Martin LaSalle (actor), José Carlos Rodríguez (actor), Richard Masur (actor), Enrique Lucero (actor), Alfredo Gutiérrez (actor), Víctor Alcocer (actor), Bruno Bichir (actor), Nick Nolte (actor), Gerardo Albarrán (actor), Ed Harris (actor), Hamilton Camp (actor), Joanna Cassidy (actress), Elpidia Carrillo (actress),
Plot: Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army.
Keywords: 1970s, american-aid, baltimore-orioles, central-america, chad, cia, civil-war, dictator, disinterment, elephantActors: Jean-Louis Trintignant (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Martin LaSalle (actor), José Carlos Rodríguez (actor), Richard Masur (actor), Enrique Lucero (actor), Alfredo Gutiérrez (actor), Víctor Alcocer (actor), Bruno Bichir (actor), Nick Nolte (actor), Gerardo Albarrán (actor), Ed Harris (actor), Hamilton Camp (actor), Joanna Cassidy (actress), Elpidia Carrillo (actress),
Plot: Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army.
Keywords: 1970s, american-aid, baltimore-orioles, central-america, chad, cia, civil-war, dictator, disinterment, elephantActors: Jean-Louis Trintignant (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Martin LaSalle (actor), José Carlos Rodríguez (actor), Richard Masur (actor), Enrique Lucero (actor), Alfredo Gutiérrez (actor), Víctor Alcocer (actor), Bruno Bichir (actor), Nick Nolte (actor), Gerardo Albarrán (actor), Ed Harris (actor), Hamilton Camp (actor), Joanna Cassidy (actress), Elpidia Carrillo (actress),
Plot: Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army.
Keywords: 1970s, american-aid, baltimore-orioles, central-america, chad, cia, civil-war, dictator, disinterment, elephantActors: Jean-Louis Trintignant (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Martin LaSalle (actor), José Carlos Rodríguez (actor), Richard Masur (actor), Enrique Lucero (actor), Alfredo Gutiérrez (actor), Víctor Alcocer (actor), Bruno Bichir (actor), Nick Nolte (actor), Gerardo Albarrán (actor), Ed Harris (actor), Hamilton Camp (actor), Joanna Cassidy (actress), Elpidia Carrillo (actress),
Plot: Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide from the army.
Keywords: 1970s, american-aid, baltimore-orioles, central-america, chad, cia, civil-war, dictator, disinterment, elephantSandinista, you can hold your head up high
You have given back their Freedom
You have lived up to your name
Sandinista, may your spirit never die
Hold the candle to the darkness
You're the keeper of the flame
Sandinista, keep believing in the dream
The truth is stronger than the shadows
Keep it shining in your eyes
Sandinista, may the soldiers disappear
May your children live forever
May their laughter fill your lives
Sandinista, los fuerzas de la oscuridad
nunca pueden extinguir la puridad de tu llama revolutionara
con su terror y sus mentiras
con su dinero y sys maquinas
la libertad en tus ojus
el amor caliente en tu corozon
son fuerzas mas poderosas
que las armas de la guerra
Sandinista, you can hold your head up high
You have given back their Freedom
You have lived up to your name
Sandinista, may your spirit never die
Hold the candle to the darkness
You're the keeper of the flame