Sandinistas Weigh Shift From Vanguard to Mainstream; Electoral Defeat, Communism's Decline Spur Revolutionaries' Debate on Nature of Party From: The Washington Post | Date: April 15, 1990| Author: | Copyright 1990 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Faced with becoming an opposition party later this month, the Sandinista National Liberation Front is debating a transformation from a revolutionary vanguard party to a more conventional socialist one as it seeks to broaden its base of support.

Since its crushing defeat by Violeta Chamorro's National Opposition Union in the Feb. 25 elections, the Sandinista Front has launched a membership drive aimed at strengthening its position as Nicaragua's single largest party. Leaders of the front, known as the FSLN, also have publicly floated the idea of joining the Socialist International, an ...

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