In 1980 this party launched a massive literacy campaign that cut illiteracy rates by nearly 38%.
A faction known as the "Group of Twelve" declared their loyalty to this party in a neighboring country. In 1980 this party launched a massive literacy campaign that cut illiteracy rates by nearly 38%. This party split into three "tendencies": the "prolonged popular war" tendency, the "proletarian tendency," and the eventually-successful terceristas. The namesake of this party lured US Marines into a protracted (*) guerrilla war from 1927-33. This party's Junta of National Reconstruction was headed by future presidents Violeta Chamorro and Daniel Ortega. This party was opposed by rebel groups funded through the Reagan administration's arms sales to Iran, known as Contras. For 10 points, name this socialist party that ousted Anastasio Somoza and ruled Nicaragua.
A faction known as the "Group of Twelve" declared their loyalty to this party in a neighboring country.
Sandinistas [or Sandinista National Liberation Front; or Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional; or FSLN]