Sandinista Revolution

Sandinistas’ Work During 16 Years Of Governing From Below Enabled Them To Regain Power

August 17, 2026 Stansfield Smith, Popular Resistance. Strategize! Daniel Ortega, Grassroots Movement, Neoliberalism, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution

Many revolutions or socialist governments existed the 1970s besides Nicaragua that later lost power or abandoned their socialist ideology by the 1990s. These include Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Tanzania, Congo (Stanleyville), Afghanistan, Grenada, almost in El Salvador, Portugal, Spain, and Ethiopia. In addition, the Communist Soviet Union collapsed (now 15 countries), along with East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Albania. When the Sandinistas lost the 1990 election these other socialist leaderships were already disintegrating or had already been overturned.

US Interferes In Nicaragua’s Elections By Announcing No More Elections

July 24, 2026 Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance. Educate! Elections, Nicaragua, Propaganda, Sandinista Revolution, US Interference

In a novel turn, the U.S. has kicked off a campaign to meddle in Nicaragua’s elections by erroneously announcing that Nicaragua will no longer hold elections. On July 19th, in a speech to 70,000 gathered in Managua’s Plaza de Fe to mark the 47th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, Nicaraguan co-president Daniel Ortega made reference to U.S.-backed opposition groups. “They wish that they could have elections so that they could make money off of schools,” he said, recalling that during previous administrations, government officials charged for ostensibly free public services.

Nicaragua’s Revolution Pulled Off The Upset Of The Century

July 20, 2026 Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance. Resist! Latin America, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, US Imperialism, world cup

Watching the 2026 World Cup matches has been excruciating for me. I always root for the underdogs: the teams from countries with few resources to dedicate to sport, who have made it there against all odds to play their hearts out for their country. As the game progresses, I watch my teams dance as they pass the ball up the field, run around defenders and set up a gorgeous shot on goal. I feel a wild hope – justice will be done! Inevitably, my team loses. Sometimes to a better opponent, other times the outcome is more questionable.

Nicaragua’s Socialist Government Is Building Infrastructure At Impressive Rate

July 15, 2026 Ben Grosscup, Covert Action Magazine. Educate! Infrastructure, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, US Sanctions

Upon landing in Miami, a TSA agent asked me where I had just come from. “Nicaragua,” I said. “Aren’t the people there poor?” he asked. His inquisitiveness surprised me, but I went with it: “Yes, there is poverty in Nicaragua. But even families living in small homes with tin roofs know they can receive quality health care as well as education up to the university level. All of it is entirely free.” The young man checking my passport sighed. He lamented that he himself had been avoiding routine doctor visits, because they lead to expensive bills. He agreed a change is needed in the United States.

Nicaragua And International Solidarity

June 25, 2026 Stephen Sefton, Resumen English. Educate! Imperialism, International Solidarity, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution

Revolutionary struggles around the world have always inspired admiration and support among the popular movements of the Western capitalist countries. Authentic Western progressive opinion defends the ideals of equality among people, brotherhood among nations, non-aggression and self-determination of peoples. However. from the perspective of the anti-democratic Western ruling elites, revolutionary processes present a double threat. First of all, they challenge the powerful political and economic dominance over the majority world of Western corporate and financial élites.

Day Of The Internationalist Hero Announced In Nicaragua

May 1, 2026 Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance. Resist! Ben Linder, International Solidarity, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution

Under the shade tent in the schoolyard, staring solemnly ahead, stands a line of children wearing t-shirts with the image of the most famous North American in this mountainous Nicaraguan village. The picture on the t-shirt is not of a pop singer or a movie star, it’s the image of a skinny electrical engineer from Portland, Oregon: Ben Linder. “Benjamín Linder: ¡Presente! ¡Presente! ¡Presente!” The children call out, raising their little fists in the air to emphasize that Ben Linder's spirit is here with us today. Ben Linder moved to Nicaragua in 1983 to contribute his skills to the Sandinista Revolution.

‘Worthy Children Of Heroes, Martyrs:’ How Nicaragua Cultivates Peace

February 26, 2026 Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance. Create! Education, Nicaragua, Peace, Sandinista Revolution, Violence, Youth

“I thought they were going to kill us. The bullets were flying past our house, and I was so afraid a stray one would hit us,” Socorro tells me. She’s recounting a gang fight that took place more than a decade ago right outside the walls of mismatched metal sheeting that surround her garden near Managua. “My granddaughter was small at the time, I ran with her and hid behind a barrel, thinking it was full and that the water would help protect us. But the joke was on me, the barrel was empty!” Socorro cackles, today able to laugh at the narrow escape.

Nicaragua: The Challenge Of A People As President

January 27, 2026 Stephen Sefton, Tortilla con Sal. Create! Daniel Ortega, History, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution

For anyone who has witnessed Nicaragua’s development since the destruction and losses caused by the US terrorist war of the 1980s, the country has unquestionably become a dynamic modern society with strong social cohesion and a robust, competitive economy. Nicaragua is now entering the twentieth year of what people here call the second phase of the Sandinista Revolution. The country’s successful transformation is an outcome of the commitment of the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN), under the leadership of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

Why Nicaragua Is Not Washington’s Next War – Yet

January 22, 2026 John Perry and Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. Educate! Narcotrafficking, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, Trump Administration, US Imperialism

Since the US invasion of Venezuela on January 3rd and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua’s opposition figures – who enthusiastically identified with their confederates in Venezuela – have hoped that regime-change efforts in Caracas would encourage Washington to destroy Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. Republican senator Rick Scott thinks now is the time to “fix” Nicaragua as well Cuba. Commentator James Bosworth, a cheerleader for US imperialism, asks, “Why hasn’t Trump gone after Ortega in Nicaragua?”

Nicaragua Celebrates The 46th Anniversary Of Its Revolution

July 23, 2025 Nan McCurdy, Resumen English. Educate! Anti-Imperialism, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, Socialism

This year was different from celebrations since 2021 when there were perhaps 5,000 people invited – this year there were about 50,000! It took place in the Plaza de la Fe where the July 19th celebrations were held for years and years with open attendance of hundreds of thousands and little organization. That changed in 2020 with Covid. This time invitations were made and organized by the municipalities all over the country and those invited road in on Chinese buses down to the plaza. You can see from the photo, the organization was phenomenal to accommodate the 50,000.

46 Years On, Nicaragua’s Youth Still Lead The Revolution

July 21, 2025 Becca Renk, Tortilla Con Sal. Create! Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, Youth Activism, Youth Leadership

One of the questions I’m asked most frequently about Nicaragua is: “Does the revolution have a future?” Forty-six years ago, a popular revolution led by the Nicaragua’s youth overthrew the brutal Somoza dictatorship. Today, those viewing the country from the outside see that the surviving muchachos – the kids who defeated Somoza – are now in their 70s and 80s, and they worry that Nicaragua’s revolution won’t survive without them. To anyone who visits the country, however, it is obvious that Nicaragua’s revolution, which has managed to both revere its historical heroes and also treasure its youth, is stronger than ever.

50,000 Died In Nicaragua’s Struggle Against Dictatorship; Sócrates Was One Of The Last

June 30, 2025 John Perry and Dan Kovalik, Popular Resistance. Educate! History, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution

Nicaraguans will fill the streets later this month to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution. On July 19, 1979, the Somoza dictatorship finally fell, ending 18 years of guerilla fighting and urban insurrections. The regime had been supported for 43 years by successive US administrations (the history is told in Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance). Only three weeks before, over the two days June 27-28, Sandinista forces had been forced to leave the capital, Managua, where the working-class barrios that they controlled in the east of the city came under aerial bombardment. Under cover of darkness, an enormous, silent retreat took place.

Latin America’s Long Fight Against The US For Sovereignty

May 14, 2025 John Perry, Consortium News. Educate! Anti-Imperialism, Book Review, Cuba, George H.W. Bush, History, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, Sovereignty, US Imperialism, Venezuela

“An American team will win the next soccer World Cup,” a Nicaraguan boy once told me. It took me a second to realize he meant Brazil or Argentina, not the United States. Greg Grandin’s new book shows that “America” (or, in Spanish, América) was the name used for the whole hemisphere by the late 17th century. In the 18th, the great liberator Simón Bolívar set out his vision of “our America”: a New World free of colonies, made up of distinct republics living in mutual respect. He even cautiously welcomed the newly declared Monroe Doctrine as a rejection of European imperialism. Bolívar died without realizing his dream of a Pan-American international order but, Grandin argues, his ideals live on in Latin America today.

Veterans For Peace Delegation Visits Nicaragua

April 1, 2025 Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. Educate! Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, US Imperialism, Veterans for Peace

In a powerful demonstration of international solidarity, seven members of Veterans For Peace (VFP) visited Nicaragua in mid-to-late March as an official VFP delegation. Veterans from five U.S. states flew to Nicaragua on March 19 for a week-long visit to community clinics, regional colleges, vocational schools, youth groups and mayors in several Nicaraguan cities, including the capital Managua, Matagalpa, Masaya and Ciudad Sandino. The veterans were most impressed to learn that Nicaragua, the third poorest country in the western hemisphere, is providing free, high quality healthcare and education for all its people.

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