The Sandinista Youth (

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: ''Juventud Sandinista'' or ''Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio'') is the youth organization of the

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

(FSLN) party in

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. The Sandinista Youth arose informally during the

Nicaraguan Revolution The Nicaraguan Revolution ( es, Revolución Nicaragüense or Revolución Popular Sandinista, link=no) encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Fr ...

and it was formally founded by Gonzalo Carrión after the FSLN victory on July 19, 1979. Sandinista Youth members

Since 2011 the organization has been part of umbrella organization ''Juventud Presidente'', which unites several youth organizations that support Nicaraguan President and Sandinista revolutionary commandante

Daniel Ortega José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...

. Besides being considered mainly a peaceful political youth organization, its members—or

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s (as they refer to themselves)--have been associated with ''Sandinista mobs'', parapolice or paramilitary groups to suppress opposition during the times in political power.

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{{Reflist Sandinista National Liberation Front Youth wings of political parties

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