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The word Sandinistas had come up suddenly, as if out of nowhere.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Freedom fighters, like Reagan used to call those nice nun-killer, peasant torturer, Columbia-CIA drug supported Contras…but the Sandinistas were the terrorists…oh, ok.
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Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish.
WN.com - Articles related to Why The May 10, 2010 Philippine Polls Failed: The PCOS Forensics 2010
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Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish.
WN.com - Articles related to Why The May 10, 2010 Philippine Polls Failed: The PCOS Forensics 2010
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He once called Sandinistas proponents of "godless communism."
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This shouldn't need saying, but the Sandinistas were a human rights being abridged there were those of the victims of Contra thugs.
Dylan Matthews 2008
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The Sandinistas were their elected representatives, who’d led the overthrow of the dictator, Somoza, in 1979.
Alex Cox on Walker 2008
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The Sandinistas were their elected representatives, who’d led the overthrow of the dictator, Somoza, in 1979.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Fear of another lethal aid package had the Piris ( "Mad Dog" the only term I ever heard used by campesinos for the "Sandinistas") running to Jimmmy Carter, Oscar Arias and George Bush to negotiate themselves out of military defeat.
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Dr Castro helped the Sandinistas to overthrow Somoza in 1979.
From the archive, 12 January 1985: Ortega offers amnesty to contra leaders 2012
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