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Nicaraguans Mourn Death Of Last Sandinista Founder
seattletimes.nwsource.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoThousands of Sandinista militants on Tuesday bid goodbye to Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the guerrilla movement that overthrew Nicaragua's U.S.-backed right-wing dictatorship in 1979 and replaced it with a leftist government also criticized for repression.
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Last Living Founder Of Sandinista Movement Dies
thestate.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoTomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement that overthrew Nicaragua's U.S.-backed right-wing dictatorship in 1979 and replaced it with a leftist system criticized for its own repressive measures, died Monday night. He was 81. Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega who serves as a government spokeswoman, announced the death in a simultaneous broadcast on radio Ya and other stations. She did not give a cause of death, but the military had said previously th
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