The Sandinista party will respect the results of such elections.

"Will they accept press freedom and free enterprise and make the army a national force, not a Sandinista party one?"

It appears that senior Sandinista Party and army officials have access to dollars, because they can be seen shopping at the store on most days.

Roman Catholics, including several priests, accepted positions in the new government and became members of the Sandinista party.

The Sandinista party controls the national electoral commission.

Some are simply groupings of local peasant farmers that appear to have no particular military or political commitment to the Sandinista Party.

They have strongly tilted toward a Cuban-style structure of power under which the Sandinista party controls the state, the army and the police.

She could try to remove the top generals and cops because the army and police were openly arms of the Sandinista Party.

He said he had quit the Sandinista Party but had not given up his beliefs.

Barricada, newspaper of the governing Sandinista party, said the Honduran planes had not been hit.