Sandinistas Observe Revolutionary Victory over Somoza 


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July 19, 1998

Sandinistas Mark Anniversary

Filed at 7:01 p.m. EDT
By The Associated Press

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- The Sandinistas embattled leader threatened
Sunday to reactivate rebel fighters if the government tries to roll back
land reforms made following the 1979 revolution. 

The remarks by former president Daniel Ortega came during ceremonies
marking the 19th anniversary of the entrance of rebel forces into Managua
on July 19, 1979. 

``We will reactivate the guerrilla commandos to fight for the conquests of
the people,'' Ortega told a rally of about 10,000 Sandinista supporters at
a downtown square. 

``Let's hope (the government) does not force us to organize the Sandinista
guerrilla commands in the mountains and the cities'' to defend the land
grants, said Ortega, who has made similar threats in the past. 

President Arnoldo Aleman has claimed that some land reforms carried out
under the 1979-1989 Sandinista government and a subsequent administration
involved unfair land confiscations. 

 
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