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The Adaptation of the FSLN: Daniel Ortega's Leadership and Democracy in Nicaragua

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Salvador Martí i Puig
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Abstract

This article explores the capacity of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) to adapt to a changing Nicaraguan political environment over the last three decades. It focuses on the FSLN's transformation from the 1980s until its recent return to power. The analysis uses the tools offered by studies on the transformation and adaptation of political parties in adverse contexts. It concentrates on the four key stages of the FSLN's transformation: the 1980s, the five-year period following the FSLN's defeat in the elections (1990–1995), the following decade in opposition (1996–2006), and the return to government. The key elements of the FSLN's adaptation relate to the centralization of party resources around the undisputed leadership of Daniel Ortega.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , Winter 2010 , pp. 79 - 106
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Copyright © University of Miami 2010

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