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Nicaraguan Resistance The Nicaraguan Resistance (', RN) was the last and arguably most successful effort to unify Nicaragua's rebel Contras into a single umbrella organization. It was established in May 1987, after the United Nicaraguan Opposition (UNO) floundered. Th ...

, known_for = , notable_works = , style = , title = , term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement = , opponents = , boards = , criminal_charges = , criminal_penalty = , criminal_status = , spouse = , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father = , relatives = , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Oscar Manuel Sobalvarro Garcia (born December 23, 1960) is a former commander in the

(a US-backed

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group) fighting the

Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto Cé ...

, of which he was a former army soldier. Professionally he was a farmer and salesman. His

nom-de-guerre A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individu ...

was "Commandante Ruben."

Early life

Oscar Manuel Sobalvarro Garcia was born in El Venado,

Jinotega Jinotega () (derived from Náhuatl: ''Xiotenko'' ‘place next to the jiñocuajo trees’) is the capital city of the Department of Jinotega in north-central Nicaragua. The city is located in a long valley surrounded by the cool climate and D ...

, on December 23, 1960. He attended school through the fourth grade.

Career

Sobalvarro joined the Resistance on March 20, 1980. He became commander of the Salvador Perez Regional Command. His brother, Luis Armando, was the Regional Command's Executive Officer; another brother, Julio Cesar, was Commanding Officer of Task Force Martiza Zeledon. All three brothers are former Sandinista fighters. Sobalvarro played a central role in the Contra demobilization talks that followed the 1990 electoral defeat of incumbent President Daniel Ortega of the FSLN and election of UNO’s

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. The FSLN insisted the Contras demobilized before they handed over power. In 2021, he is vice-president of the center-right Citizens for Freedom (CxL) party in Nicaragua, part of the Citizen Alliance with the Partido Movimiento de Unidad Costeña (Pamuc). Four candidates have registered for consideration as the Citizen Alliance’s candidate for president in the

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—

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, Noel Vidaurre and Américo Treminio—though opposition groups hope the Citizen Alliance and the National Coalition will present a unified candidate to compete against Daniel Ortega, running for his fifth term. Sobalvarro is the CxL representative in these negotiations.

Reference

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