Sandinista Popular Army

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The Sandinista Popular Army was the revolutionary armed forces of Nicaragua established by the Sandinista National Liberation Front after the 1979 overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ejército Popular Sandinista 1
Sandinista Popular Army canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1994 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1979 ⓘ
alliedWith Cuba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warsaw Pact states NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderTitle Commander in Chief ⓘ
conflict Contra War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicaraguan Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy Sandinista government of Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Nicaragua ⓘ
dateFounded 1979 ⓘ
dissolved 1994 ⓘ
foundedAfter Nicaraguan Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship ⓘ
founder Sandinista National Liberation Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Managua NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
Sandinismo NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
militaryDoctrine guerrilla warfare ⓘ
people's war ⓘ
nativeName Ejército Popular Sandinista NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander Daniel Ortega NERFINISHED ⓘ
Humberto Ortega NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent demobilization and professionalization into Nicaraguan Army in the 1990s ⓘ
operatedIn Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent Contras NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States-backed Contra rebels ⓘ
parentOrganization Sandinista National Liberation Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Sandinista National Liberation Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet ⓘ
precededBy National Guard of Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheater Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
reorganizedAs Nicaraguan Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced National Guard of Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
role national defense ⓘ
revolutionary armed forces ⓘ
serviceBranch air force ⓘ
army ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
shortName EPS NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Defense of Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Nicaraguan Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
type revolutionary army ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Guard of Nicaragua → replacedBy → Sandinista Popular Army ⓘ
National Guard of Nicaragua → replacedBy → Sandinista Popular Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ejército Popular Sandinista