Sandinista (noun)

A member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a leftist political party and former ruling party in Nicaragua.

Origin:

From the surname of augusto césar sandino, a nicaraguan revolutionary leader of the 1930s, who led a rebellion against the us-backed somoza dictatorship. the term was later adopted by the political movement and party he inspired.

Examples:

1. The Sandinistas came to power in 1979 after a popular revolution.
2. Sandinistas were the target of the US-backed Contras in the 1980s.
3. The Sandinistas were a leftist political party in Nicaragua.
4. Sandinistas were the ruling party in Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990.
5. The Sandinistas were overthrown by a right-wing coalition in 1990.