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Movimiento De Renovación Sandinista
UNAMOS, the Democratic Renewal Union (), formerly the Sandinista Renovation Movement (), is a Nicaraguan political party founded in 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of people of all genders, that promotes the construction of a Nicaragua with opportunities, progress, solidarity, democracy, and sovereignty. Among its founders were prominent militants of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) who separated from the political party because of disagreements with the leadership under Daniel Ortega. These include former vice president Sergio Ramírez, who served as the first president of the MRS, Dora María Téllez, Luis Carrión Cruz, Luis Felipe Pérez Caldera, Leonor Arguello, Reynaldo Antonio Téfel, and Herty Lewites, who was the presidential candidate of the MRS until his sudden death four months prior to the election. In 2016 the MRS joined the Progressive Alliance, an international organization of labor, social democrats, left part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suyén Barahona
Suyén Barahona Cuan is a Nicaraguan activist. She is president of the party (Unamos), an opposition group that is the successor to the Sandinista Renovation Movement. She is also a member of the Blue and White National Unity opposition group that formed following the outbreak of anti-government protests in 2018–2021 Nicaraguan protests, April 2018. In June 2021, she was arrested alongside other opposition figures and pre-candidates for president in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election. Biography Barahona has a degree in international relations. She is an advocate for feminist and environmental causes, and in 2017 she was elected president of the party (Unamos, successor to the Sandinista Renovation Movement after its legal status was revoked). She was active in the demonstrations calling for justice for those killed and imprisoned since the 2018–2021 Nicaraguan protests, protests that began in April 2018 and the ensuing bloody government crackdown. She and her predecessor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reynaldo Antonio Téfel
Reynaldo is a Spanish given name from the German name Reinhold. Notable people with the name include: * Reynaldo Aguado Montealegre (born 1960), Nicaraguan activist * Reynaldo Aimonetti (born 1943), Argentine footballer * Reynaldo Anderson (born 1986), Panamanian footballer * Reynaldo Bignone (1928–2018), former Argentinian president * Reynaldo Brown (born 1950), American track and field athlete * Reynaldo Clavasquín (born 1972), Honduran footballer * Reynaldo Dagsa (1975–2011), Filipino politician * Reynaldo Dante (1912–1985), Filipino actor * Reynaldo Díaz (born 1991), Mexican footballer * Reynaldo G. Evangelista (born 1960), Filipino Roman Catholic bishop * Reynaldo Garcia (born 1974), Dominican baseball pitcher * Reynaldo Gianecchini (born 1972), Brazilian actor * Reynaldo González López (1948–2015), Cuban sportsperson and former member of the International Olympic Committee * Reynaldo Antonio Hernández (born 1984), Salvadoran footballer * Reynaldo Hahn (187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaraguan Socialist Party
The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (''Partido Socialista Nicaragüense'') is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in July 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. At the time of its foundation, PSN supported the regime of Anastasio Somoza García. PSN considered that Somoza (nominally a liberal) was an anti-Fascism, anti-fascist ally.Foroohar, Manzar. ''The Catholic Church and Social Change in Nicaragua''. SUNY Press, 1989. p. 101-102 History In the mid-1960s the U.S. State Department estimated the party membership to be approximately 250.Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development', in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar., 1968), pp. 122. After the surge of the FSLN (which had its origins in PSN), PSN was gradually side-lined. In 1967 a group of radicals who opted for armed struggle were expelled. They formed the Communist Party of Nicaragua, Socialist Workers Party. In 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaraguan Social Christian Party
The Social Christian Party (Partido Social Cristiano – PSC) is a Nicaraguan political party with Christian democrat ideology founded in 1957. As of 2006, the PSC was part of the Sandinista Renovation Movement alliance in the 2006 Nicaraguan general election. Political parties established in 1957 Christian democratic parties in North America Political parties in Nicaragua Catholic political parties {{Nicaragua-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alianza Liberal Nicaragüense
The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance ( – ALN) is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista – PLC) who opposed former President of the country Arnoldo Alemán's continued control of the PLC even after he had been found guilty of misuse of public funds, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Montealegre also opposed the political alliance, commonly referred to as 'El Pacto', between Alemán as head of the PLC and Daniel Ortega, head of the Sandinist National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional – FSLN). In addition to bringing in other liberal groups such as the Independent Liberal Party and the New Liberal Party, the ALN formed an alliance with the Conservative Party of Nicaragua (Partido Conservador – PC), a minor party in terms of political strength, but historically an important one. The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmundo Jarquín
Edmundo Jarquín (born on 19 September 1946) is a Nicaraguan politician. He was the vice presidential running-mate of Herty Lewites, who was the presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) in the 2006 elections until his death on 2 July 2006. Jarquín then became the presidential candidate for the MRS. He chose Carlos Mejía Godoy to be his running mate. Jarquin finished in fourth place during the 2006 elections, receiving 6.29% of the vote. Early life Edmundo Jarquín was educated in Nicaragua (Universidad Centroamericana - UCA), as well as in Chile (Universidad de Chile), where he obtained a law degree. Career During the previous Sandinista regime, he served as ambassador of Nicaragua to Spain and to Mexico. After the Sandinista defeat in the elections of 1990, he became a member of the National Assembly for the FSLN. In 1992, he joined the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington, D.C. until his retirement in 2005. Personal life I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MRS Alliance
MRS, Mrs, or mrs may refer to: Acronyms * ICAO code for Air Marshall Islands, an airline based in Majuro, Marshall Islands * Magnetic resonance spectroscopy * Mammography reporting software, used to manage data related to radiologist interpretation of mammographic images * Mandibular repositioning splint * Marginal rate of substitution, in economics * Maritime Reaction Squadron, a unit of the South African Navy * Market Research Society * Postal code for Marsa, Malta * IATA code for Marseille Provence Airport * Materials Research Society * Melbourne Rectangular Stadium * Minimal recursion semantics * Modified Rankin Scale, to measure disability after stroke * Station code for Monks Risborough railway station, England * Sandinista Renovation Movement (), a political party in Nicaragua * MRS Logística, a freight rail company in Brazil * MRS suit, breathing apparatus, see Siebe Gorman rebreather equipments * Molecular Recognition Section as a Drug prefix, ''e.g.'' MRS5698. * MRS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Nicaraguan General Election
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 5 November 2006. The country's voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and 90 members of the National Assembly. Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was elected president with 38% of the vote, defeating Eduardo Montealegre ( Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance) with 28%, José Rizo ( Constitutionalist Liberal Party) with 27%, Edmundo Jarquín ( Sandinista Renovation Movement) with 6%, and Edén Pastora ( Alternative for Change) with 0.3%. The FSLN also emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 38 seats. The election have been characterized as a critical juncture in Nicaragua's history, as Nicaragua has experienced democratic backsliding since Ortega's victory in the election, as Ortega has centralized power and repressed the political opposition. Background Right-wing political parties had dominated Nicaraguan politics since independence in 1838. Following the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Nicaraguan General Election
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 4 November 2001 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. Enrique Bolaños of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) was elected president, with Daniel Ortega losing his third successive presidential election. The Constitutionalist Liberal Party also won the parliamentary elections, receiving over half the vote and 52 of the 92 seats. Results President National Assembly By region References {{Nicaraguan elections Elections in Nicaragua Nicaragua General Presidential elections in Nicaragua Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ... Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Convergence Alliance
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Book Store, a bookstore and office supplies chain in the Philippines * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900–1924 * National Radio Company, Malden, Massachusetts, USA 1914–1991 * National Supermarket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonel Arguello
Leonel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Leonel Altobelli (born 1986), Argentine footballer * Leonel Álvarez (born 1965), former Colombian football defensive midfielder *Leonel Bastos or Lionel Bastos, singer, songwriter and music producer * Leonel Beaudoin or Léonel Beaudoin (1924–2021), Canadian politician and insurance agent *Leonel Brizola (1922–2004), Brazilian politician * Leonel Campos, baseball player *Leonel Cárcamo (born 1965), retired Salvadoran football player * Leonel Conde, retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper * Fernando Leonel Cortés (born 1988), Mexican football striker * Leonel Cubas (died 2007), football player from El Salvador * Leonel da Silva Araujo, also known as Leonel (born 1986), football player * Léonel de Moustier (1882–1945), French businessman and politician *Leonel Fernández (born 1953), Dominican lawyer, academic, President of the Dominican Republic from 1996 to 2000, and from 2004 to 2012 * Leonel Galeano (born 1991), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Ramírez
Sergio Ramírez Mercado (; born 5 August 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua) is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution, served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s, he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government, in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. He was exiled from the country in 2021 and stripped of his nationality by the government in 2023. Life and career Born in Masatepe in 1942, he published his first book, ''Cuentos'', in 1963. He received his law degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua of León in 1964, where he obtained the Gold Medal for being the best student. In 1977 Ramírez became head of the "Group of Twelve", a group of prominent intellectuals, priests, businesspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
