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![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}ali.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
Alianza por la Republica is a unification of five political
parties (Partido Conservador (PC), Gran Unión
Liberal (GUL), Movimiento Democrático Nicaragüense (MDN) ,
Social Cristianos and Unidad Nacional (UN))
Its flag - vertical green-red-blue can be seen at: www.partidoconservador.org.ni
(translated): "The tricolor green, red and blue flag represents the five
political organizations that officially establish a union named Alianza por la
República, which shall be part of municipal commissions, leaving open the option
for other political forces to join."
Dov Gutterman, 6 March 2005
APRE was established on 21 July 1998 and registered on 24 May 2004 as the
legal successor, without continuity, of the Partido Liberal Nacionalista (1913)
founded in 1913 and wound up in 1979 after the fall of Somoza's regime.
In
the 2016 general election, APRE secured 1 out of the 92 seats at the National
Assembly.
The image has to be corrected to usual 2:3 proportions;
proportions 1:2 are used only on the logo.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/1618999421466906
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/2978755415491293
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/1618999421466906
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/236040136429515
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/266668346700027
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}ali1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
The flag is also used with the white letters "APRE" in the center.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/2978755415491293
https://www.facebook.com/partido.apre/photos/2978755172157984
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Ciudadanos por la Libertad]](../images/n/ni}cxl.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
Ciudadanos pour la Libertad (CxL) was established on 21 November 2016 and
registered on 2 May 2017 with the Electoral Supreme Council. CxL broke away from
the Partido Liberal Independiente (PLI), whose board was removed on 8 June 3016
by the the Supreme Court of Justice upon request of a rival faction.
The
flag of CxL is described in Article 7 of the party's Statutes.
The flag of
the party shall be a white rectangular panel in proportions 3 to 5, in its lower
part a red and blue stripe shaped like a waving line ascending from left to
right, in the center the name "Ciudadanos por la Libertad" written in blue
letters, letter "i" of the word "Ciudadanos" represented like a torch.
The
party's emblem is a blue torch with a red flame in the stylized shape of a map
of Nicaragua with a white letter "C" in the center, representing the ideal of
Nicaragua in liberty ["libertad"] thanks to the choice and work of all its
citizens ["ciudadanos"].
https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/estatutos_cxl.pdf
CxL Statutes, Electoral Supreme Court
Photos
https://ciudadanosxlibertad.org/jovenes-de-ciudadanos-por-la-libertad-inician-a-recorrer-el-territorio-nacional/
https://www.facebook.com/CxLNIC/posts/3593948743991218/
https://www.facebook.com/CxLNIC/photos/4132523023467118
https://ciudadanosxlibertad.org/directivos-nacionales-de-ciudadanos-por-la-libertad-se-reunen-con-mas-de-230-directivos-municipales/
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
1) ![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni-sandi.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
2) ![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni-sand1.gif)
image by Randy Young, 21 January 1999
3) ![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fsln1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is named after Augusto Sandino
(1895-1934), a pioneer in the fight against the Somoza family, who established a
nearly continuous dictatorship from 1937 to 1979. After the fall of Anastasio
Somoza, the FSLN, registered on 13 September 1983 and led by the charismatic and
controversial Daniel Ortega (b. 1945) ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990 and has
been again ruling the country since 2006.
Due the authoritarian evolution
of Ortega's rule, the FSLN flag (with letters) is used not only in more or less
spontaneous demonstrations, but also side by side with the national flag in
official events.
Some flags seen in demonstrations have the white letters
outlined in red.
Photos:
Demonstrations
https://forbescentroamerica.com/2019/11/08/oficialistas-conmemoran-en-nicaragua-la-muerte-del-fundador-del-partido-fsln/
https://mundo.sputniknews.com/20190720/a-40-anos-un-sentimiento-renovado-de-amor-por-nicaragua-1088085632.html
http://www.hondurastierralibre.com/2016/11/elecciones-en-nicaragua-2-3-el-voto-los.html
https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:108816-poblacion-nicaraguense-ratifica-respaldo-y-confianza-en-el-fsln-para-las-elecciones-2021
Official use
https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2019/08/25/el-insolito-giro-en-la-batalla-del-regimen-de-daniel-ortega-y-la-oposicion-por-la-bandera-de-nicaragua/
https://www.hispantv.com/noticias/nicaragua/463057/homenaje-fsln-jacinto-suarez
http://www.cadtm.org/Nicaragua-L-evolution-du-regime-du-president-Daniel-Ortega-depuis-2007
https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/politica/416071-ortega-dice-que-su-gran-aporte-es-alianza-gobierno/
https://www.ledauphine.com/politique/2020/07/23/nicaragua-soupcons-de-magie-noire-sur-le-couple-presidentiel
One version of the flag uses a specific font, with right-angled letters.
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
I came across the sandino flag
of 1932: a roughly 1:2 flag divided vertically red/black, red
near hoist, a skull & crossbones on the black.
Source: teachpol.tcnj.edu.
Knud A. Berg, 26 July 2006
Official website at www.fsln-nicaragua.com. More
information at en.wikipedia.org
and www.tkb.org.
The photo of the flag of 1932
is a photo of US Marines with the captured flag of Augusto César
Sandino in Nicaragua in 1932.
E.R, 6 October 2006
I have encountered another FSLN-derived flag. It is the
Territorio Victorioso de Analfabetismo (Victorious Analphabetism
Territory) flag seen at Spanish
wikipedia. It is a flag of a Sandinista government campaign
to eradicate Analphabetism (Illiteracy) in the country. This
flag appeared in the neighborhood Laura Sofía Olivas Paz of the
Municipality of Ocotal.
Source: Spanish
wikipedia.
E.R, 21 July 2009
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fsln2.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
Version with letters outlined in black (verified both
by Ivan's and by my sources)
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni-sand!.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
Version without the letters, with red and black
reversed (verified by my sources)
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fsln!.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
Version with the letters, with red and black reversed
(verified by Ivan's sources)
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fsln.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
This version of the flag uses a specific font, with right-angled letters.
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
More photos:
http://it.granma.cu/cuba/2020-07-21/il-cancelliere-di-cuba-ha-felicitato-il-nicaragua-per-il-41o-anniversario-della-rivoluzione-sandinista
https://www.alamy.it/una-ragazza-ondeggia-la-bandiera-del-partito-mentre-attende-che-il-candidato-presidenziale-daniel-ortega-del-fronte-nazionale-di-liberazione-di-sandinista-fsln-passi-prima-di-un-raduno-a-matagalpa-nicaragua-31-ottobre-2006-Reuters-daniel-leclair-nicaragua-image379723766.html
The flag may be used with or without the letters. When used, the
letters may have red or black fimbriation, or none.
Red and black are sometimes reversed, also either with or without the
letters. The version with the letters is currently known only with the
letters fimbriated black.
Tomislav Todorovic, 12 June 2021
![[Flag of Juventus Sandinista 19 de Julio]](../images/n/ni}js19.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
Juventus Sandinista 19 de Julio (JS 19 de Julio) is the youth organization
of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), Nicaragua's ruling
party.
The organization was established on 23 August 1979 in the aftermath of
the overthrowing of Anastasio Somoza's regime by the FSLN, effective on 19 July
1979 after the fall of Managua.
The flag of JS 19 de Julio is diagonally
divided red-black (the colors of the FSLN) from the upper hoist to the lower
fly, charged in the center with the organization's circular emblem.
The
emblem of JS 19 de Julio features a young man wearing a white shirt and black
trousers, holding a rifle in the right hand and a book in the left hand. Behind
him, a banderole composed of the Nicaraguan flag (without emblem) and of the
FSLN flag (without lettering). The emblem's rim is inscribed "Estudio Defensa
Producción" (Study Defense Production) in the upper part and "JS 19 DE Julio" in
the lower par, all in black letters.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/BoacoComunicadores/photos/728378707668912
https://www.facebook.com/SomosFESMatagalpa/photos/166494448184467
https://www.vivanicaragua.com.ni/2017/10/31/politica/jinotepe-desplega-sus-expresiones-culturales-en-caminata-de-la-victoria-unidad-trabajo-y-paz/attachment/jinotepeext-11/
https://www.lavozdelsandinismo.com/nicaragua/2019-02-20/representantes-de-partido-politico-irlandes-conocen-trabajo-de-la-juventud-nicaraguense/
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fnt.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 February 2008
"Frente Nacional de los Trabadajores" (FNT, Workers' National Front),
founded on 28 April 1990, is both a coordination of workers' union and a
political party. Of Sandinist allegiance and often allied with FNSL, FNT won six
seats in the national parliament in 2000; after the 2004 municipal elections,
FNT had 11 Mayors and 110 Municipal Councillors in 62 municipalities. FNT is
divided in eight workers' organizations, 76 federations and 665 unions; its
membership increased from 137,000 to 161,000 from 1999 to 2005. Web site at www.fnt.org.ni.
The symbols of FNT are the red flag with the acronym FNT in black
letters placed in the middle, together with the map of Nicaragua
and the monument to the Popular Fighter (Source: www.fnt.org.ni/MisionyVision.html).
After the images shown on the FNT website, I understand the above
sentence as a description of both the flag (red with FNT) and the
emblem (with the map and the monument) of the
movement. Image of the flag is after the photographies taken
during the VIth Congress of the CTCP. CTCP is
"Confederación de Trabadajores for Cuenta Propia"
(Independent Workers' Confederation); the flag of CTCP, also
shown on the photographs, is white with the CTCP emblem, made
of a green map of Nicaragua charges with the black letters
CTCP-FNT and surrounded by a ring charged with the name of the
confederation in black letters. (Source: www.fnt.org.ni/gvicongreso.html).
"Confederación General UNE" ("Union Nacional de
Empleados" - Employees' National Union) has a white flag
with the black and white emblem of the union in the middle,
surrounded by CONFEDERACIÓN GENERAL, above the emblem , in an
arched pattern, and UNE, below the emblem, all the lettering
being in red. The flag, which has a golden fringe, can be seen on
photographs
taken during a press conference by UNE.
Several other flags, belonging to confederations or unions member
of FNT, can be seen on photographs shown on the FNT website,
but the images are too small to be accurately described and
assigned.
Ivan Sache, 15 February 2008
The party uses the flag with letters "FNT" either serif or (maybe more recently) sans serif.
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fnt1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
Photos
(serif)
https://twitter.com/elgtosandinista/status/1110542100460957696
(sans
serif)
https://barricada.com.ni/sindicatos-de-nicaragua-reafirman-su-compromiso-con-la-defensa-de-la-paz-y-sus-derechos/
https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:96668-trabajadores-reafirman-su-compromiso-con-la-defensa-de-la-paz-y-sus-derechos
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
image by António Martins, 21 October 2002
image by Antóio Martins, 21 October 2002
PC - Partido Conservador has two flags:
A plain green as in www.cse.gob.ni
and a green with initials as in www.ideay.net.ni.
Dov Gutterman, 26 Febuary 2002
The flag of the Partido Conservador is shown in two variants,
one plain green and the other one green with the white letters
PC.
The website of the Partido Conservador has the status of the party www.partidoconservador.org.ni:
Article 3. The Partido Conservador has for emblem a green flag.
It is identified by the acronym PC. The shield of the party is
the torch of liberty surrounded by a circle bearing the legend:
Partido Conservador and the motto: Dios Orden Justicia (God Order
Justice).
Ivan Sache, 10 March 2005
The Partido Conservador, Nicaragua's oldest political party, was established
on 27 October 1851 as Partido Legitimista. The PC ruled the country from 1910,
after the US invasion, to the 1923 liberal revolution.
The (re-founded)
PC was registered on 21 February 1992 as the merger of the Partido Conservador
Demócrata de Nicaragua (PCDN) and the Partido Social Conservatismo (PSOC),
originally called Partido Conservador de Nicaragua (PCN).
In the 2016 general
election, the PC secured 1 out of the 92 seats at the National Assembly and
another 1 at the Central American Parliament.
There is no evidence of the
use of the flag with letters, which could be removed. Our old reports clearly
refer to drawings only, while the party's Statutes prescribe a plain green flag,
which is featured on several photos. Moreover, the "PC" logo has changed.
The link to the party's Statutes has to be updated to
https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/estatutos_pc.pdf
Electoral Supreme Council
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/partidoconservadorpc4/photos/2385121718188808
https://www.facebook.com/partidoconservadorpc4/photos/1294223670611957
https://www.facebook.com/partidoconservadorpc4/photos/1215062695194722
https://www.facebook.com/partidoconservadorpc4/photos/1762163133818006
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
image by António Martins, 21 October 2002
image by António Martins, 21 October 2002
PLC - Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (Constitutional
Liberal Party, conservative) is the leading party in NI.
Two versions of its flag.:
Plain red as in www.cse.gob.ni.
Plain red with initials as in www.ideay.net.ni.
Dov Gutterman, 26 February 2002
Two flags are shown for the Partido Liberal Constitucionalista. According to
the official status of the party, the plain red flag should be the only official
flag of the party. Here is my translation of the article of the status
concerning the flag at www.plc.org.ni:
"Article 8 - Emblems
A. The flag: the main emblem of the party is made of a red
rectangle with proportion 3:5. It should be hoisted permanently
on the Party buildings, side by side with the national flag, as
well as during actions and official ceremonies of the Party,
according to the circumstances, places and opportunities to hoist
it. The red colour identifies the PLC to its Flag, which should
not bear letters, symbols and distinctive elements on its field
or edges."
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2002
The Partido Liberal Constitucionalista was established in 1968 as the
Movimiento Liberal Constitucionalista, a splinter of the Partido Liberal
Nacionalista supporting Somoza's regime, and registered under its current name
on 13 September 1983.
In 1989, the PLC was part of the Unión Nacional
Opositora (UNO) alliance that ousted the FSLN from the power. Arnoldo Alemán was
elected as Mayor of Managua for the 1990-1995 term and President of the Republic
for the 1996-2001 term. He was succeeded in 2001 by former Vice-President
Enrique Bolaño, who soon left the PLC and faced an alliance set up by Alemán and
the FSLN.
In the 2016 general election, the PLC secured 14 out of the 92
seats at the National Assembly and another 3 at the Central American Parliament.
The most commonly used flag is plain red, as prescribed in the Statutes.
The link to the Statutes, last amended on 11 July 2019, has to be updated as
https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/Estatutos_plc.pdf
PLC Statutes, Electoral Supreme Council
Photos
https://www.centrodeinformes.com.ar/piden-expulsar-a-partido-de-expresidente-de-nicaragua-de-la-coalicion-opositora/
https://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/partido-opositor-toma-distancia-expresidente-213700646.html
https://www.nacion.com/el-mundo/politica/obispos-de-nicaragua-piden-voto-por-democracia-y-pluralismo/5TUU5N3XLJEWJBCSJHWZU3PQLA/story/
https://www.facebook.com/plcquilali1/photos/1995269787396886
https://www.facebook.com/plcquilali1/photos/1965059890417876
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Partido Liberal Constitucionalista]](../images/n/ni}plc1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
A red
flag with serif letters was used in 2014.
Photo
http://www.bolsadenoticias.com.ni/2014/Octubre/21/vistazo.html
Ivan
Sache, 17 May 2021
![[Flag of Partido Liberal Independiente]](../images/n/ni}pli.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
The Partido Liberal Independiente (PLI)was established in 1944 by dissidents
from Somoza's party, the Partido Liberal Nacionalista (PLN).
On 21 November
1956, the poet Rigoberto López Pérez, member of the PLI, shot to death President
Anastasio Somoza, triggering a strong repression of the PLI.
The (re-founded)
PLI was registered on 13 September 1983.
In 2016, the Electoral Supreme
Court removed PLI leader Eduardo Montealegre upon request of Pedro Reyes, leader
of a rival faction, who was empowered to name two new deputies at the National
Assembly.
The flag of the PLI is described in Article 3 of the party's
Statutes.
The flag of the PLI is red with a white five-pointed star charged
with "PLI" in blue letters.
https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/estatutos_pli.pdf
PLI Statutes, Electoral Supreme Council
Photos
https://www.lajornadanet.com/diario/archivo/2011/noviembre/15/3.php
https://www.confidencial.com.ni/politica/montealegre-plazo-28-julio/
https://www.confidencial.com.ni/politica/las-lecciones-en-nicaragua-del-triunfo-opositor-en-venezuela/
https://www.elpais.cr/2016/01/06/oposicion-retoma-protestas-en-nicaragua-en-medio-del-acoso-de-encapuchados/
https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/cnnee-pkg-samantha-lugo-elecciones-nicaragua-eduardo-montealegre-fuera-de-la-carrera-presidencial/
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Partido de Restauración Democrática]](../images/n/ni}prd.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
The Partido de Restauración Democrática (PRD) was established on 11 October
2016 by Reverend Saturnino Cerrato and registered on 2 May 2017 by the Electoral
Supreme Council.
The flag of the PRD is described in Paragraph 4 of the
Preamble of the party's Statutes issued on 29 May 2017.
The emblem used by
the PRD shall be a cobalt blue and light red flag, in the center a white circle
and in the center of the white circle, the white letters "PRD".
https://www.cse.gob.ni/sites/default/files/documentos/estatutos_prd.pdf
PRD Statutes, Electoral Supreme Council
Photos
https://twitter.com/AlianzaCivicaNi/status/1231261199418953728
https://100noticias.com.ni/politica/98861-prd-se-integra-a-coalicion-nacional-/?mobile?mobile
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Partido de Restauración Democrática]](../images/n/ni}prd1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
Flags in unofficial use lack the white circle.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/Partido-Restauración-Democrática-PRD-Boaco-110084074103433/photos/226999449078561
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2021
![[Flag of Partido de Restauración Democrática]](../images/n/ni}prd2.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorovic, 30 May 2021
This version of the flag has the red and blue reversed.
Tomislav Todorovic, 30 May 2021
