Nicaragua: Current status of the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN), particularly after the recent presidential elections, and was the MDN a member of the UNO coalition?
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NIC5888 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nicaragua: Current status of the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN), particularly after the recent presidential elections, and was the MDN a member of the UNO coalition?, 1 July 1990, NIC5888, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab3c6.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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From information obtained from the Latin American Weekly Report of 1 March 1990, p. 2, and the Embassy of Nicaragua in Ottawa (telephone communication with the IRBDC on 6 June 1990), the parties which formed the UNO coalition were the following:
-Movimiento Democrático Nicaragüense
-Partido Liberal Independiente
-Partido Liberal Constitucionalista
-Partido Acción Nacional
-Partido Democrático de Confianza Nacional
-Partido Neo Liberal
-Partido Socialista Nicaragüense
-Partido Comunista de Nicaragua (PCdeN)
-Alianza Popular Conservadora
-Partido Social Demócrata
-Partido Conservador de Nicaragua (PCN)
-Partido Social Conservatismo
-Partido Nacional Conservador (PNC)
According to the Nicaraguan Embassy, the Partido Popular Social Cristiano (PPSC) was a member of the UNO coalition. However, the head of that party, Mauricio Díaz D vila, reportedly withdrew from the coalition and joined the Partido Social Cristiano de Nicaragua led by Eric Ramirez. Some important figures of the PPSC remained in the UNO coalition, including the PPSC's secretary general.
Please find attached a few documents which report on recent political developments in Nicaragua. These include an article from The Economist ("Taking a risk for Nicaragua", 5 May 1990, pp. 49-50) and, from the Mexico & Central America Report, "Chamorro's Cabinet upsets UNO allies" (10 May 1990, pp. 2-3) and "Peace process back on track" (14 June 1990, p. 2).
Also attached, please find a copy of the only recent (post-election) reference to the MDN found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC: "Small Parties Big Election Winners" in the Latin America Daily Report (Washington, D.C.: Foreign Broadcast Information Service) of 4 April 1990, p. 40, from an original article published in Spanish in the Nicaraguan journal Barricada on 3 March 1990 (please note that the latter date may be a printing error, since all other articles reprinted in the quoted issue of the 4 April 1990 Latin America Daily Report correspond to late-March and early-April 1990). The last paragraph of the article "Small parties Big Election Winners" states that:
"Social democrats were split into five seats for Alfredo Cesar's party and three for Roberto Urroz' MDN (Nicaraguan Democratic Movement), although analysts believe this could be one of the few factions that will quickly find unity by rallying around the figure of Alfredo Cesar, possible president of the National Assembly."