Nicaragua: Crisis and Rebirth of Sandinismo

Since its 1990 electoral defeat and ouster from power, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has gone through several political crises, leading a large number of its most charismatic founders and leaders to defect. On top of these defections, questions have been raised about the ethics of the party’s main leader, Daniel Ortega, splitting the party into what can be seen as