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This article examines the revolutionary strategy of the FSLN during the 1960s and 1970s. The Sandinistas' experimentation with various forms of guerrilla warfare is analysed. Despite setbacks, the Sandinistas were able to adapt their tactics and eventually seized power. The Sandinista war in Nicaragua provides an excellent case study of the application and modification of the prevalent theories of revolution and guerrilla warfare. (UNISA/DÜI)

Ideologische Massenorganisation und politische Erziehung waren vor und nach 1979 ein wichtiger Mobilisierungsfaktor, brachten den revolutionären Prozeß voran und werden auch weiterhin als Waffen im Kampf gegen die innere und äußere Konterrevolution eingesetzt. Ohne die ideologische Überzeugungsarbeit, die sich an den Interessen der Bevölkerung orientierte, wäre eine Konsolidierung der nikaraguanischen Revolution nicht denkbar gewesen

View that by adhering to a utopian ideology, constructing an elaborate party-army-police nexus, and seeking to penetrate every aspect of life in Nicaragua, the Sandinista government met the definition of totalitarianism.

Se reproducen algunas citas que integran la variada lista de opiniones, conceptos y exabruptos del discurso sandinista de hoy. Los temas que constituyen lo que se denomina "el debate interno" en el fondo se reducen a la actitud asumida por la direccion del FSLN frente al nuevo gobierno y las protestas sociales, el futuro del sandinismo como organizacion democratica popular y sus perspectivas de ganar las elecciones de 1996 y reubicarse en la cambiante situacion internacional. El texto se centra en algunos de los argumentos debatidos

In July 1979, with the 'Sandinista Revolution' a reconfiguration of Nicaragua took place. It was of global interest. The "new Nicaragua" became the target of conservatives & the new icon of the left, that longed for socialism beyond totalitarian structures. After ten years, the project ended. Thirty years after that, the author, who lived in Nicaragua at the time, discusses the reasons for the revolution, its successes, & its ultimate failure. Adapted from the source document.