Nicaraguan Socialist Party
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The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Nicaragüense) is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. After the surge of the FSLN (which had its origins in PSN), PSN was gradually side-lined.
In 1967 a group of radicals who opted for armed struggle were expelled. They formed the Partido Obrero Socialista.
From 1976 onwards there was a PSN breakaway group, called Nicaraguan Socialist Party (de los Sánchez).
Towards the end of the Somoza regime, PSN constructed the Organización Militar del Pueblo (Military Organization of the People). OMP carried out a few attacks against the regime.
In 1990 PSN joined hands with right-wing forces in the National Opposition Union to topple the Sandinista government. PSN still exists, but is no longer a communist party per se.
PSN publishes El Popular.
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