There were two armies with the acronym MILPAS in Nicaragua. The first, Milicias Populares Anti-Somocistas , fought alongside the Sandinista National Liberation Front against the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle . The second, Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas , was one of the earliest rebel groups that would form the contra movement.
6-642: Beginning in September 1978, the Frente Obrero and MAP-ML organized the Milicias Populares Anti-Somocistas. In rural areas, they fought in the north with Germán Pomares , "El Danto." They also played important roles in the liberation of Leon, Chinandega and other cities and towns, and in Managua they fought on the barricades put up in the working class barrios, taking part in the final destruction of
12-646: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Frente Obrero Frente Obrero ( Spanish for 'Workers Front') ( FO ) was a national trade union centre in Nicaragua . It was founded c. 1972-74, as the trade union wing of the MAP-ML . When the National Reconstruction Government was formed on July 19, 1979, FO had one of 33 representatives in the Council of State. As of 1983, it
18-529: The National Guard in its last stronghold. Among the hundreds of MILPAS fighters killed was Hernaldo Herrera Tellez, “Nano,” the general secretary of FO and a member of the national leadership of MAP-ML. MAP-ML and FO then dissolved the MILPAS they led on July 25,1979--several days after victory. Thereafter, MAP-ML and FO called upon the former Milicias Populares Anti-Somocistas fighters and others to support and join
24-642: The Sandinista Popular Army and Militias as the contra war flared up against the new government, with many heeding their call. The earliest contras inside Nicaragua were the MILPAS ( Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas ), peasant militias led by disillusioned Sandinistas. Founded by Pedro Joaquín González, whose nom de guerre was "Dimas", the Contra Milpistas were also known as chilotes (green corn). Even after his death, other MILPAS bands sprouted during 1980–1981. The Milpistas were composed largely of
30-558: The campesino highlanders and rural workers who would later form the rank and file of the rebellion. This MILPAS assimilated into the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN). By 1985, most of the FDN's regional commands were headed by MILPAS veterans. By late 1987, the ranks of ex-MILPAS regional commanders included: This Nicaragua -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This military -related article
36-533: Was mainly active in the construction and sugar cane sectors. Adopting what it saw as an anti-revisionist policy on the Sandinistas , starting in 1980 strikes led by the Front occurred in the private sugar mills of San Antonio and Monterrosa , while the Front called for 100% salary increases, started a series of occupations of privately owned lands and industries, sabotaged government-led economic efforts, and advocated
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