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The flags of PLC, FSLN, CCN, PC, PIM and PAMUC can be seen at
<www.cse.gob.ni>.
Other PC and PLC flags at <www.ideay.net.ni>.
Dov Gutterman, 26 January 2002
CCN is possibly the same as PCCN, Partido Camino Cristiano
Nicaraguense, an evangelical political formation.
PIM (Partido Indígena Multiétnico), is a movement only active
in RAAN and RAAS (Misquito Coast) - see: <www-ni.laprensa.com.ni>.
PAMUC (Partido Movimiento de Unidad Costena), is only active in
RAAN.
Jarig Bakker, 22 March 2002
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}ali.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 10 March 2005
Alianza por la Republica is a unification of five political
parties (Partido Conservador (PC), Gran Unión
Liberal (GUL), Movimiento Democrático Nicaragüense (MDN) ,
Social Cristianos and Unidad Nacional (UN))
Its flag - vertical V-R-B can be seen at: <www.partidoconservador.org.ni>:
"La bandera tricolor Verde, Rojo y Azul es la que
representara ahora a las cinco organizaciónes politicas que
suscribieron de manera oficial su unión en lo que se denomina
Alianza por la republica, que participara en los comisios
municipales, dejando abierta la opcion de que otras fuerzas
politicas se le sumen."
Dov Gutterman, 6 March 2005
![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni}fnt.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 15 February 2008
"Frente Nactional de los Trabadajores" (FNT,
Workers' National Front), founded on 28 April 1990,
is both a coordination of workers' union and a
political party. Of Sandinist allegiance and often allied with
FNSL, FNT won six seats in the national parliament in 2000; after
the 2004 municipal elections, FNT had 11 Mayors and 110 Municipal
Councillors in 62 municipalities. FNT is divided in eight
workers' organizations, 76 federations and 665 unions; its
membership increased from 137,000 to 161,000 from 1999 to 2005.
Web site at <www.fnt.org.ni>.
The symbols of FNT are the red flag with the acronym FNT in black
letters placed in the middle, together with the map of Nicaragua
and the monument to the Popular Fighter (Source: <www.fnt.org.ni/MisionyVision.html>).
After the images shown on the FNT website, I understand the above
sentence as a description of both the flag (red with FNT) and the
emblem (with the map and the monument) of the
movement. Image of the flag is after the photographies taken
during the VIth Congress of the CTCP. CTCP is
"Confederación de Trabadajores for Cuenta Propia"
(Independent Workers' Confederation); the flag of CTCP, also
shown on the photographies, is white with the CTCP emblem, made
of agreen map of Nicaragua charges with the black letters
CTCP-FNT and surrounded by a ring charged with the name of the
confederation in black letters. (Source: <www.fnt.org.ni/gvicongreso.html>).
"Confederación General UNE" ("Union Nacional de
Empleados" - Employees' National Union) has a white flag
with the black and white emblem of the union in the middle,
surrounded by CONFEDERACIÓN GENERAL, above the emblem , in an
arched pattern, and UNE, below the emblem, all the lettering
being in red. The flag, which has a golden fringe, can be seen on
photographies
taken during a press conference by UNE.
Several other flags, belonging to confederations or unions member
of FNT, can be seen on photographies shown on the FNT website,
but the images are too small to be accurately described and
assigned.
Ivan Sache, 15 February 2008
1) ![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni-sandi.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 21 December 1998
2) ![[Flag of Sandinistas]](../images/n/ni-sand1.gif)
image by Randy Young, 21 January 1999
In Nicaragua, the Sandinist National Liberation Front used a
horizontally divided red-black flag. The flag was widely used in
mass demonstrations during the years of Sandinist power (I don't
have the exact dates). The party is named after Augusto Sandino,
a pioneer in the fight against the Somoza family, who ruled a
dictature in Nicaragua over several decades. The Sandinist front
has more or less collapsed in several rival factions after he
left the power and I am not sure the flag is still used by one of
these factions.
Ivan Sache, 21 December 1998
The Sandinista flag bears the letters FSLN in white in the
centre. Many variations are known, and some were reported by the
Flag Bulletin. Red and black are used as the Sandinista colors.
Jaume Olle', 24 December 1998
The acronym stands for "Frente Sandinista de Liberacio'n
Nacional".
Randy Young, 21 January 1999
I came across the sandino flag
of 1932: a roughly 1:2 flag devided vertically red/black, red
near hoist, a skull & crossbones on the black.
Source: <teachpol.tcnj.edu>.
Knud A. Berg, 26 July 2006
Official website at <www.fsln-nicaragua.com>.
More information at <en.wikipedia.org>
and <www.tkb.org>.
The photo of the flag of 1932
is a photo of US Marines with the captured flag of Augusto César
Sandino in Nicaragua in 1932.
E.R, 6 October 2006
I have encountered another Fsln derived flag. It is the
Territorio Victorioso de Analfabetismo (Victorious Analphabetism
Territory) flag seen at Spanish
wikipedia. It is a flag of a Sandinista government campaign
to erradicate Analphabetism (Illiteracy) in the country. This
flag appeared in the neighborhood Laura Sofía Olivas Paz of the
Municipality of Ocotal.
Source: Spanish
wikipedia.
E.R, 21 July 2009
image by Ivan Sache, 15 February 2008
Movimento Once de Noviembre (Movement of 11 November) was an
armed group fighting the Somozist dictature in the 1960s. The
flag of the movement, as shown on a colour photography, is white
with a blue triangle placed along the hoist and the writing
"ONCE DE NOVIEMBRE" in blue letters placed in the
middle of the white part of the flag.
Source: El
Nuevo Diario, 7 July 2006
Ivan Sache, 15 February 2008
image by Anto'nio Martins, 21 October 2002
image by Anto'nio Martins, 21 October 2002
PC - Partido Conservador has two flags:
A plain green as in <www.cse.gob.ni>
and a green with initials as in <www.ideay.net.ni>.
Dov Gutterman, 26 Febuary 2002
The flag of the Partido Conservador is shown in two variants,
one plain green and the other one green with the white letters
PC.
The website of the Partido Conservador has the status of the
party <www.partidoconservador.org.ni>:
Article 3. The Partido Conservador has for emblem a green flag.
It is identified by the acronym PC. The shield of the party is
the torch of liberty surrounded by a circle bedaring the legend:
Partido Conservador and the motto: Dios Orden Justicia (God Order
Justice).
Ivan Sache, 10 March 2005
image by Anto'nio Martins, 21 October 2002
image by Anto'nio Martins, 21 October 2002
PLC - Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (Constitutional
Liberal Party, conservative) is the leading party in NI.
Two versions of its flag.:
Plain red as in <www.cse.gob.ni>.
Plain red with initials as in <www.ideay.net.ni>.
Dov Gutterman, 26 Febuary 2002
Two flags are shown for the Partido Liberal
Constitucionalista. According to the official status of the
party, the plain red flag should be the only official flag of the
party. Here is my translation of the article of the status
concerning the flag at <www.plc.org.ni>:
"Article 8 - Emblems
A. The flag: the main emblem of the party is made of a red
rectangle with proportion 3:5. It should be hoisted permanently
on the Party buildings, side by side with the national flag, as
well as during actions and official ceremonies of the Party,
according to the circumstances, places and opportunities to hoist
it. The red colour identifies the PLC to its Flag, which should
not bear letters, symbols and distinctive elements on its field
or edges."
A few more elements on the Party: The Movimiento Liberal
Constitucionalista, founded in 1968, became officially the
Partido Liberal Constitucionalista in 1983 by Decree 1312. The
amended status was approved during the ordinary session of the
great national convention of the Party, hold on 11 July 2002 in
Hotel Granada, Ciudad de Granada.
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2002
