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National Opposition Union

Nicaraguan political organization
Also known as: UNO, Unión Nacional Oposición

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Chamorro

  • Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
    In Violeta Barrios de Chamorro

    …presidential candidate of the 14-party National Opposition Union (Unión Nacional Opositor; UNO) alliance, won a surprisingly easy victory over President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, head of the Sandinistas. She was inaugurated on April 25, 1990.

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opposition to Sandinistas

  • In Sandinista

    …the 14 parties of the National Opposition Union, which formed a government while the Sandinistas relinquished power.

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role in Nicaragua

  • Nicaragua
    In Nicaragua

    -funded National Opposition Union, a coalition of parties, in the 1990 presidential elections. The election results, which were deemed free and fair by the international community, signaled an end to the armed conflict in Nicaragua. The Sandinistas returned to power in 2007, having promised to uphold…

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  • Nicaragua
    In Nicaragua: The Sandinista government

    -financed National Opposition Union (Unión Nacional Opositor; UNO) coalition and its presidential candidate, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the widow of the martyred newspaper editor, won an upset victory, and a peaceful transfer of administrations took place on April 25.

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