The Sandinista Youth (Spanish: Juventud Sandinista or Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio) is the youth organization of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party in Nicaragua. The Sandinista Youth arose informally during the Nicaraguan Revolution and it was formally founded by Gonzalo Carrión [1] after the FSLN victory on July 19, 1979.
| Juventud Sandinista or Juventud Sandinista 19 de Julio | |
 Logo of the Sandinista Youth (since 2011) | |
| Abbreviation | JS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1979 (45 years) |
| Type | Youth organisation |
| Headquarters | Managua, Nicaragua  |
Region served | Nicaragua |
Coordinator | Milton Ruiz |
Parent organization | Sandinista National Liberation Front |
| Affiliations | World Federation of Democratic Youth |
| Website | Juventud Presidente |
Since 2011 the organization has been part of umbrella organization Juventud Presidente,[2] which unites several youth organizations that support Nicaraguan President and Sandinista revolutionary commandante Daniel Ortega.
Although they publicly claim to be a peaceful political youth organization, its members—or militants (as they refer to themselves)--have been associated with Sandinista mobs, parapolice or paramilitary groups to suppress opposition during the times in political power.[3][4][5][6][7]
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- ^ "Juventud Presidente". Facebook. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Las andanzas de Pedro Orozco, el coordinador de la Juventud Sandinista". La Prensa, Nicaragua. 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Behind the State of Emergency". Envío. November 1985. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "Nicaragua: Authorities unleashed a lethal strategy of repression against protesters". Amnesty International. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "The IACHR returns to Somoza's Nicaragua". Global Americans. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
- ^ "IACHR Urges Nicaragua to Dismantle Parapolice Groups and Protect Right to Peaceful Protest". Organization of American States. 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2018-06-02.