GA
center left: Christian Democratic Union (UDC), Luis Humberto GUZMAN;
Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN), Alfredo GUZMAN; Social
Democratic Party (PSD), Adolfo JARQUIN; National Justice Party
(PJN), Jorge DIAZ Cruz; National Action Party (PAN), Delvis MONTIEL;
Renovating Action Movement (MAR), Pablo HERNANDEZ; Sandinista
Renovation Movement (MRS), Sergio RAMIREZ; Social Christian Party
(PCS), Erick RAMIREZ; Democratic Action Party (PAD), Eden PASTORA;
"Up with Nicaragua" (Arriba Nicaragua), Alvaro ROBELO; National
Democratic Party (PND), Alfredo CESAR Aquirre; Communist Party of
Nicaragua (PCdeN), Eli ALTIMIRANO Perez
left: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Daniel ORTEGA;
Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRT), Bonifacio MIRANDA; Popular
Action Movement-Marxist-Leninist (MAP-ML), Isidro TELLEZ; Nicaraguan
Socialist Party (PSN), Gustavo TABLADA; Unidad Nicaraguense de
Obreros, Campesinos, y Profesionales (UNOCP), Rosalio GONZALEZ
Urbina; Central American Unionist Party (PUCA), Blanca ROJAS
Echaverry
note: the UNO coalition that won the 1990 elections no longer
exists; the different blocs that formerly were united under the UNO
umbrella and their opposition to the Sandinistas now act and vote
independently
Other political or pressure groups: National Workers Front (FNT)
is a Sandinista umbrella group of eight labor unions: Sandinista
Workers' Central (CST); Farm Workers Association (ATC); Health
Workers Federation (FETASALUD); National Union of Employees (UNE);
National Association of Educators of Nicaragua (ANDEN); Union of
Journalists of Nicaragua (UPN); Heroes and Martyrs Confederation of
Professional Associations (CONAPRO); and the National Union of
Farmers and Ranchers (UNAG); Permanent Congress of Workers (CPT) is
an umbrella group of four non-Sandinista labor unions: Confederation
of Labor Unification (CUS); Autonomous Nicaraguan Workers' Central
(CTN-A); Independent General Confederation of Labor (CGT-I); and
Labor Action and Unity Central (CAUS); Nicaraguan Workers' Central
(CTN) is an independent labor union; Superior Council of Private
Enterprise (COSEP) is a confederation of business groups
International organization participation: BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO,
G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ITU, LAES, LAIA
(observer), NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UN
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