Foreign policy Sandinista National Liberation Front

1 foreign policy

1.1 cuban assistance

1.1.1 cuban assistance after revolution


1.2 relationship eastern bloc intelligence agencies

1.2.1 pre-revolution
1.2.2 cooperation foreign intelligence agencies during 1980s

foreign policy
cuban assistance

beginning in 1967, cuban general intelligence directorate, or dgi, had begun establish ties nicaraguan revolutionary organizations. 1970 dgi had managed train hundreds of sandinista guerrilla leaders , had vast influence on organization. after successful ousting of somoza, dgi involvement in new sandinista government expanded rapidly. indication of central role dgi play in cuban-nicaraguan relationship meeting in havana on july 27, 1979, @ diplomatic ties between 2 countries re-established after more 25 years. julián lópez díaz, prominent dgi agent, named ambassador nicaragua. cuban military , dgi advisors, brought in during sandinista insurgency, swell on 2,500 , operated @ levels of new nicaraguan government.

the cubans have helped more in development of nicaragua towards socialism. following invasion of grenada, countries looking support cuba saw united states take violent action discourage this.

cuban assistance after revolution

the years of nicaraguan revolution had strong ties cuba. sandinista leaders acknowledged fsln owed great debt socialist island. once sandinistas assumed power, cuba gave nicaragua military advice, aid in education, health care, vocational training , industry building impoverished nicaraguan economy. in return, nicaragua provided cuba grains , other foodstuffs cuba overcome effects of embargo.

relationship eastern bloc intelligence agencies
pre-revolution

according cambridge university historian christopher andrew, undertook task of processing mitrokhin archive, carlos fonseca amador, 1 of original 3 founding members of fsln had been recruited kgb in 1959 while on trip moscow. 1 part of aleksandr shelepin s grand strategy of using national liberation movements spearhead of soviet union s foreign policy in third world, , in 1960 kgb organized funding , training twelve individuals fonseca handpicked. these individuals core of new sandinista organization. in following several years, fsln tried little success organize guerrilla warfare against government of luis somoza debayle. after several failed attempts attack government strongholds , little initial support local population, national guard annihilated sandinistas in series of attacks in 1963. disappointed performance of shelepin s new latin american revolutionary vanguard , kgb reconstituted core of sandinista leadership iskra group , used them other activities in latin america.

according andrew, mitrokhin says during following 3 years kgb handpicked several dozen sandinistas intelligence , sabotage operations in united states. andrew , mitrokhin in 1966, kgb-controlled sandinista sabotage , intelligence group sent northern mexico near border conduct surveillance possible sabotage.

in july 1961 during berlin crisis of 1961 kgb chief alexander shelepin sent memorandum soviet premier nikita khrushchev containing proposals create situation in various areas of world favor dispersion of attention , forces , satellites, , tie them down during settlement of question of german peace treaty , west berlin. planned, inter alia, organize armed mutiny in nicaragua in coordination cuba , revolutionary front sandino . shelepin proposed make appropriations kgb funds in addition previous assistance $10,000 purchase of arms.

khrushchev sent memo approval deputy frol kozlov , on august 1 was, minor revisions, passed cpsu central committee directive. kgb , soviet ministry of defense instructed work out more specific measures , present them consideration central committee.

cooperation foreign intelligence agencies during 1980s

other researchers have documented contribution made other warsaw pact intelligence agencies fledgling sandinista government including east german stasi, using declassified documents berlin former stasi spymaster markus wolf described stasi s assistance in creation of secret police force modeled on east germany s.