The FSLN also established a Council of State, subordinate to the junta, which was composed of representative bodies.

The FSLN also won 38 seats in the congressional elections, becoming the party with the largest representation in parliament.

Providing subsidies for basic foodstuffs and the introduction of mass employment were also memorable contributions of the FSLN.

Women's participation within the public sphere was also substantial, as many took part in the armed struggle as part of the FSLN or as part of counter-revolutionary forces.

His group was the first to call itself " Sandinistas ", and was also the first to accept an alliance with the FSLN, the group that was to become more popularly identified by the name.

The Nicaraguan Revolution ( Spanish: Revolución Nicaragüense or Revolución Popular Sandinista, also RPS ) encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN ) which led to the violent ousting of that dictatorship in 1979, and the subsequent efforts of the FSLN, which governed from 1979 until 1990, to reform the society and economy of the country along socialist lines.

The DI, with Fidel Castro's personal blessing, also collaborated with the FSLN on the botched assassination attempt of Turner B. Shelton, the US ambassador in Managua and a close friend to the Somoza family.

To tackle these crises, the FSLN created the Nicaraguan Institute of Natural Resources and the Environment.

Opposition groups, however, said that the FSLN domination of government organs, mass organizations groups, and much of the media created a climate of intimidation that precluded a truly open election .".

The FSLN originated in the milieu of various oppositional organisations, youth and student groups in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The FSLN evolved from one of many opposition groups to a leadership role in the overthrow of the Somoza regime.

Armed opposition to the Sandinista Government eventually divided into two main groups: The Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense ( FDN ), a U. S. supported army formed in 1981 by the CIA, U. S. State Department, and former members of the widely condemned Somoza-era Nicaraguan National Guard ; and the Alianza Revolucionaria Democratica ( ARDE ) Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, a group that had existed since before the FSLN and was led by Sandinista founder and former FSLN supreme commander, Edén Pastora, a. k. a. " Commander Zero ".

" This was evident as the FSLN began integrating women into their ranks by 1967, unlike other left-wing guerilla groups in the region.

Having formed several short-lived groups, the FSLN came to be in 1963.

His funeral became an occasion for wealthy Nicaraguan and Cuban exiles in South Florida to gather and protest the left-wing governments of Nicaragua under the FSLN and Cuba under Castro.

Ortega was arrested for political activities at the age of 15, and quickly joined the then-underground Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ).

In return for the hostages they succeeded in getting the government to pay US $ 1 million ransom, broadcast an FSLN declaration on the radio and in La Prensa, release fourteen FSLN members from jail, and fly the raiders and the released FSLN members to Cuba.

American support for the long rule of the Somoza family had soured relations, and the FSLN government was committed to a Marxist ideology, with many of the leading Sandinista continuing long-standing relationships with the Soviet Union and Cuba.

In the 2006 Nicaraguan general election, former FSLN President Daniel Ortega was re-elected President of Nicaragua with 38. 7 % of the vote compared to 29 % for his leading rival, bringing in the country's second Sandinista government after 16 years of the opposition winning elections.

The FAO and Carter came up with a plan that would remove Somoza from office but left no part in government power for the FSLN.

Of the twelve seats reserved for political parties, only three were not allied to the FSLN.

Upon assuming power, the FSLNs political platform included the following: nationalization of property owned by the Somozas and their supporters ; land reform ; improved rural and urban working conditions ; free unionization for all workers, both urban and rural ; price fixing for commodities of basic necessity ; improved public services, housing conditions, education ; abolition of torture, political assassination and the death penalty ; protection of democratic liberties ; equality for women ; non-aligned foreign policy ; formation of a " popular army " under the leadership of the FSLN and Humberto Ortega.

Upon assuming office in 1981, U. S. President Ronald Reagan condemned the FSLN for joining with Cuba in supporting Marxist revolutionary movements in other Latin American countries such as El Salvador.

The results of these elections were that the FSLN won 42. 6 % of the vote for parliament ( versus 52. 6 % for the PLC ), giving them 41 out of the 92 seats in the National Assembly ( versus 48 for the PLC ).

This occurred despite the fact that the breakaway Sandinista Renovation Movement continued to oppose the FSLN, running former Mayor of Managua Herty Lewites as its candidate for president.

In 2010, several liberal congressmen raised accusations about the FSLN presumably attempting to buy votes in order to pass constitutional reforms that would allow Ortega to run for office for the 6th time since 1984.

Nevertheless, while ideologies varied between FSLN leaders, all leaders essentially agreed that Sandino provided a path for the Nicaragua masses to take charge, and the FSLN would act as the legitimate vanguard.

Bruce E. Wright claims that “ this was a crucial contribution from Fonseca ’ s work that set the template for FSLN governance during the revolutionary years and beyond.

The victory of the Sandinista National Liberation Front ( FSLN ) in 1979 brought about major changes and gains for women, mainly in legislation, broad educational opportunities, training programs for working women, childcare programs to help women enter the work force and greatly increased participation and even leadership positions in a whole range of political activities.

* Humberto Ortega, leader of the FSLN Insurrectional Tendency ( Tercerista ) in the 1970s, chief strategist of the anti-Somoza urban insurrection ; Minister of Defense in the 1980s during the Contra war

Inspired by the Revolution and the FLN in Algeria, the FSLN itself was founded in 1961 by Carlos Fonseca, Silvio Mayorga, Tomás Borge and others as The National Liberation Front ( FLN ).

* FSLN in Nicaragua ( see The Catholic Church and the Nicaraguan Revolution )

Many members of the community of Solentiname engaged with the process of the Revolution, in the guerrilla warfare that the FSLN had developed to strike at the regime.

In the first elections after the Revolution, in 1984, the Conservatives finished runner-up behind the FSLN.

In May 1979, another general strike was called, and the FSLN launched a major push to take control of the country.

On June 4, a general strike was called by the FSLN to last until Somoza fell and an uprising was launched in Managua.

In September 2005 Bolaños publicly announced what he called a “ slow motion coup ” by the joint efforts of the PLC and the FSLN.

A leader in the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front ( Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN ), his policies in government have seen the implementation of leftist reforms across Nicaragua.

Operating from Costa Rica they formed the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional ( FSLN ) and came to be known as Sandinistas.

In a stunning landslide defeat, where ABC news had been predicting a 16 point Sandinista victory, the FSLN lost to the National Opposition Union by 14 points in elections on February 25, 1990.

The Sandinista National Liberation Front (, or FSLN ) is a social-democratic political party in Nicaragua.

Three of the appointed members belonged to FSLN, which included – Sandinista militants Daniel Ortega, Moises Hassan, and novelist Sergio Ramírez ( a member of Los Doce " the Twelve ").

After their loss, most of the Sandinista leaders held most of the private property and businesses that had been confiscated and nationalized by the FSLN government.

Daniel Ortega remained the head of the FSLN, but his brother Humberto resigned from the party and remained at the head of the Sandinista Army, becoming a close confidante and supporter of Chamorro.

The split in the Constitutionalist Liberal Party helped to allow the FSLN to become the largest party in Congress, however it should be noted that the Sandinista vote had a minuscule split between the FSLN and MRS, and that the liberal party combined is larger than the Frente Faction.

The ideology of Sandinismo gained momentum in 1974, when a Sandinista initiated hostage situation resulted in the Somoza government adhering to FSLN demands and publicly printing and airing work on Sandino in well known newspapers and media outlets.

Political Pluralism – The ultimate success of the Sandinista Front in guiding the insurrection and in obtaining the leading fore within it was based on the fact that the FSLN, through the tercerista guidance, had worked with many sectors of the population in defeating the Somoza dictatorship.

The Sandinista leaders acknowledged that the FSLN owed a great debt to the socialist island.

By 1987, 31 % of the executive positions in the Sandinista government, 27 % of the leadership positions of the FSLN, and 25 % of the FSLN's active membership were women.

In recent times, there has been a dispute between the FSLN and the dissident Sandinista Renovation Movement ( MRS ) about the use of the red and black flag in public activities.