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The '''Sandinistas''' were socialist rebels of [[Nicaragua]].<ref>"Havana unquestionably assisted the Sandinista insurgency with both money and arms, but the revolution was an indigenous Nicaraguan affair. This powerful, although inherently unstable, alliance overthrew Anastasio Somoza in 1979." [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa074.html U.S. Aid to Anti-Communist Rebels: The "Reagan Doctrine" and Its Pitfalls] by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute</ref>
The '''Sandinistas''' are a [[Marxist]] [[national liberation movement]] in [[Nicaragua]].<ref>"Havana unquestionably assisted the Sandinista insurgency with both money and arms, but the revolution was an indigenous Nicaraguan affair. This powerful, although inherently unstable, alliance overthrew Anastasio Somoza in 1979." [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa074.html U.S. Aid to Anti-Communist Rebels: The "Reagan Doctrine" and Its Pitfalls] by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute</ref>
In the late 1980s, they were portrayed as heroes in the tradition of [[Che Guevara]], unselfishly dedicated to the well-being of the downtrodden masses.
In the late 1980s, they were portrayed as heroes in the tradition of [[Che Guevara]], unselfishly dedicated to the well-being of the downtrodden masses.