The Democratic Revolutionary Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Revolucionaria Democrática or ARDE ) were the Southern Front guerrillas in Nicaragua that fought against the Marxist–Leninist elements of the original Sandinista that took part in the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979. Despite being one of the Contra forces, they maintained an ideological distance from the U.S.-backed Nicaraguan Democratic Force (Contras).
5-980: ARDE can refer to: Democratic Revolutionary Alliance , ( Alianza Revolucionaria Democrática ), a Contra group of the Southern Front guerrillas in Nicaragua that fought against the Marxist elements of the original Sandinista revolution in 1979 Armament Research and Development Establishment , An Indian national defense laboratory under DRDO, located in Pune UK Armament Research and Development Establishment , created in 1955 and renamed Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) in 1962 The Aspect Ratio Dependent Etching effect found in Deep reactive-ion etching . Topics referred to by
10-485: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Democratic Revolutionary Alliance Formed by Edén Pastora Gómez in 1982, it united his Sandino Revolutionary Front (FRS) with such groups as the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN), MISURASATA and FARN. A.R.D.E. quickly gained momentum in the southeast of Nicaragua. The San Juan River
15-683: The United Nicaraguan Opposition umbrella group. Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro of the UNO-aligned FARN sought to win over ARDE commanders, and in November, ARDE units encountered Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN) elements moving down from the north. Six southern front regional commanders led by Navegante ( Nueva Guinea ), Ganso ( El Rama ), and Leonel ( Chontales ) deposed Comandante Cero in early 1986 and forged battlefield alliances with their other guerrillas from
20-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ARDE . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ARDE&oldid=770420546 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-400: Was "liberated" by ARDE, and five strategic bases were formed, including Sarapiquí and La Penca. As ARDE's regional field commanders penetrated deeper and deeper into Nicaragua they became increasingly frustrated at the squandering of resources, the inter-factional strife, and Pastora's erratic directives. In 1985, other rebel groups, including former ARDE political head Alfonso Robelo , formed
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