Sandinista
/ˌsɑːndɪˈniːstɑː/noun
- a member of a leftwing Nicaraguan political organization, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which came to power in 1979 after overthrowing the dictator Anastasio Somoza. Opposed during most of their period of rule by the US-backed Contras, the Sandinistas were voted out of office in 1990.桑地诺主义者(桑地诺民族解放阵线成员, 桑地诺民族解放阵线为尼加拉瓜的一左翼政治组织, 1979年推翻独裁者阿纳斯塔西奥·索摩查后当政; 在其执政的大部分时间里遭到美国支持的反政府武装力量的反对, 于1990年落选下台)。
词源
named after a similar organization founded by the nationalist leader Augusto César Sandino (1893-1934).