Sandinistas, Contras & Osama bin Laden

Sandinistas

The Sandinistas was established by Carlos Fonseca. He is considered the principle Ideologue. He was also the one who popularized the Sandinista’s thoughts. The most important attributes was the ideology of Nicaragua’s creation. Carlos had goals from the Cuban Revolution in 1959. So he believed that Nicaragua’s revolution should begin. This tendency was entitled as “Prolonged Popular War” (GPP). They had support from rural people. They believed that they had to develop a new 'revolutionary consciousness' to take part of the guerrilla.

Contras

The Contras is a label of groups that were opposing Nicaragua’s FSLN (Friente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) in July 1979. They are a number of groups with the same ideology called Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN). In 1987 they were united and called the Nicaraguan Resistance. They were supported by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) from the United States. “Contra” comes from the Spanish “la contra- revolución” which means “the counter-revolution”. Rebel fighters refer to themselves as commandos, and los primos. Later they were called la Resistencia.

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden Was born the March 10th 1957. He is a member of the Saudi bin Laden family and he was in the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. He is known for the September 11 attack in the United States. He is considered the most wanted person in the world. Since 2001, Osama bin Laden and his organization have been major targets of the United States' "War on Terrorism." Bin Laden and fellow Al-Qaeda leaders are believed to be hiding in the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas.