The Revolutionary Unity Movement (In

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: ''Movimiento de Unidad Revolucionaria'' - MUR) is a

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, founded in 1988 as a new Marxist party by defectors from the Marxist-Leninist Party of Nicaragua (PMLN),

Nicaraguan Communist Party The Communist Party of Nicaragua ( es, Partido Comunista de Nicaragua, abbr. PCdeN or PCN) is a communist party in Nicaragua. Founded as the Socialist Workers' Party () in 1967, the core founding members were Juan Lorio, Augusto Lorío, Elí A ...

(PCdeN), and 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 C ...

(FSLN). Ex-FSLN member,

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's former Sandinista major, was the leader of the organization. MUR participated in the 1990 Nicaraguan Presidential Elections (with Hassan as its presidential candidate) and won one seat (out of 110) in the National Assembly. The president of MUR (as of 2004) is Francisco Samper.">El Nuevo Diario - "Bloquean a candidatos de la Convergencia"
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