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Word: sandinismo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandinistas reject such labels as Communism and Leninism, arguing that Sandinismo is a hybrid ideology unique to Nicaragua. They charge that their revolution has been skewed by a U.S.-sponsored military threat. "All repression," says a Foreign Ministry official, "is a result of the war." Otherwise, the Sandinistas argue, they would be well on the way to honoring the three pledges they made in 1979: to pursue a nonaligned foreign policy, to encourage political pluralism and to establish a mixed economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sidetracked Revolution | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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