THE UDEL PROJECT AND THE CIVIC STRUGGLE AGAINST THE DICTATORSHIP: HISTORY, ACTORS, ACTIONS AND PROGRAM (1974-1978)

This essay aimed make a first approach from a historical perspective of the Democratic Union fo Liberation Unión Democrática de Liberación (UDEL), one of the most belligerent political movement against Somoza regime, in the last years of dictatorship (1974), whose importance in the fight for estab...

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Autor principal: Ayerdis, Miguel
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, Managua. UNAN-Managua 2014
Acceso en línea:https://revistashumanidadescj.unan.edu.ni/index.php/Humanismo/article/view/51
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/54429
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Sumario:This essay aimed make a first approach from a historical perspective of the Democratic Union fo Liberation Unión Democrática de Liberación (UDEL), one of the most belligerent political movement against Somoza regime, in the last years of dictatorship (1974), whose importance in the fight for establishment of a democratic regime are shortly known. One aspect of this work is questioned about construction of official or hegemonic discourse. This paper discuss their role as legal opposition representing relevant movements, actors and politicians, considering the precarious political environment established by government. There are an emphasis in biography of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, their main leader and promoter. However the movement, actions and internal conflict within the movement and its social sectors to which belonged Chamorro, are yet to be studied; and this is a field that can contribute to understand subsequent political process after defeated dictatorial regime.Keywords: Union Democratica de Liberacion, dictatorship, hegemonic discourse, political movement, political parties.