Word: terceristas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ortega's rise within Sandinista ranks was rapid. In 1963, after a brief stint studying law, he joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front, and by 1967, at the age of 22, he was already the head of the urban-resistance campaign. He helped found the Tercerista faction, or Third Party, within the divided Sandinista movement, which forged an alliance with the widespread middle-class opposition to Somoza. Mainly on the strength of that bond, the Sandinistas came to power. After serving as the first among equals in the party command and in the nine-man National Directorate...
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