Sandinista
noun
San·di·nis·ta
ˌsan-də-ˈnē-stə 
ˌsän-
: a member of a military and political coalition holding power in Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990
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Sandinista rebels ride a small tank in the main square of Managua, Nicaragua on June 20, 1979.
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CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Still, for most of its time in office, President Ronald Reagan’s Administration saw Noriega as a useful partner in its effort to roll back Sandinista power in Nicaragua.
—Time, 25 Nov. 2025
In the 1980s, President Reagan authorized the CIA to fund Contra rebels to oust the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 17 Oct. 2025
Your scholarship focuses heavily on the actions and beliefs of the Sandinista leadership.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Carter immediately broke with the Somoza regime, which collapsed within weeks and gave rise to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a revolutionary but eventually anti-American group.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Back then, Nicaragua had just succumbed to the communist Sandinista revolution.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1979, the Somoza regime in Nicaragua fell and the Sandinista government took power.
—Raul A. Reyes, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
The Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter and a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Still, for most of its time in office, President Ronald Reagan’s Administration saw Noriega as a useful partner in its effort to roll back Sandinista power in Nicaragua.
—Time, 25 Nov. 2025
In the 1980s, President Reagan authorized the CIA to fund Contra rebels to oust the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 17 Oct. 2025
Your scholarship focuses heavily on the actions and beliefs of the Sandinista leadership.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Carter immediately broke with the Somoza regime, which collapsed within weeks and gave rise to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a revolutionary but eventually anti-American group.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Back then, Nicaragua had just succumbed to the communist Sandinista revolution.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1979, the Somoza regime in Nicaragua fell and the Sandinista government took power.
—Raul A. Reyes, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
The Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter and a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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