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Jenny Murray - ¡Las Sandinistas!

Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | By Joy LaClaire

Published April 18, 2018 at 3:45 PM PDT

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Dora María Téllez founded the MRS (Sandinista Renovation Movement) for democratic reforms in 1994. The struggle continues – as do the women.";s:

Carlos Herrera/Confidencial / https://confidencial.com.ni/ortega-parasito-al-frente-sandinista/

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Mónica Baltodano worked in the movement for several decades, and after experiencing the corruption and authoritarianism, she left in 2005 to form the Movement to Reclaim Sandinismo, known as El Rescate."

http://www.todanoticia.com/28639/daniel-ortega-aplica-capitalismo-salvaje/

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La Comandante Mónica Baltodano - “La Jefa” was a Sandanista general, who led the crucial assault on Masaya. ";s:3

http://especiales.publico.es/hemeroteca/550736/guerrilleras-sandinistas-cuando-las-mujeres-hicieron-la-revolucion

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Poet, Daisy Zamorra, became Minister of Culture after serving as an FSLN combatant and the voice/program director of the clandestine Radio Sandino.

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Daisy was “fired” after refusing the unwanted advances of a member of The (all male, 9 member) Directorate. She is now a professor in San Francisco.";s:

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General Dora María Téllez entering Léon after leading the assault of Nicaragua’s second largest city. It was a major turning point.";s:3

https://diariovenceremos.cl/2017/12/03/mujeres-la-insurreccion-es-una-tela-de-arana-que-hay-que-tejer/

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Dora María Téllez during the Revolution";

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Jenny Murray - writer, director, editor, producer : ¡Las Sandinistas!"

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Women combatants on the Southern Front in 1979.

Foto: CHM-EN / http://especiales.publico.es/hemeroteca/550736/guerrilleras-sandinistas-cuando-las-mujeres-hicieron-la-revolucion

La ex comandante guerrillera y diputada Mònica Baltodano cargada por la Policìa. 4-4-2011

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Mònica Baltodano 2011, resisting Ortega regime";

http://www.bolsadenoticias.com.ni/2011/abril/040411/04/portada.html

To hear this interview with Jenny Murray - writer, director, editor of ¡Las Sandinistas! click on this link:https://forthright.media/2018/04/18/jenny-murray-las-sandinistas/

¡LAS SANDINISTAS! chronicles the crucial role of women combatants in Nicaragua’s successful revolution to overthrow the decades long dictatorship of the Somoza family.

Using stunning archival footage from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, and contemporary interviews with women who had survived resistance to the brutal repression, poverty, disease, economic inequality and social injustice, the film focuses on the major Sandinista General, Dora María Téllez, as well as four of her revolutionary allies. Fully 30% of the FSLN – The Nicaraguan Sandinista Liberation Front – were women.