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Nicaragua warns latest EU-US sanctions will not derail the Sandinista revolution
Supporters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) watch fireworks during commemorations for the 42nd anniversary of the triumph of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution that toppled dictator Anastasio Somoza in Managua, Nicaragua

NICARAGUA warned today that the latest “onslaught” by world imperialist powers will not derail the ongoing Sandinista revolution.

Sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States on a number of government officials just hours before the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega would not weaken the will of the people, said Sandinista National Liberation Front MP Jose Figueroa.

“Nicaragua ratified on November 7 a path of self-determination, of sovereignty, of independence, of the right we Nicaraguans have to elect our own authorities.

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