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Nicaraguan politician and former Contra In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fley and the second or maternal family name is Gonzales.
Fley in 2020

Luis Adan Fley Gonzales (born March 1951, Matagalpa) is a 2021 candidate for President of Nicaragua. He was also known as "Comandate Jhonson."

He is a former Resistance Commander, having been both a Sandinista guerilla and a Contra rebel. He has also been an agricultural technician, army officer and Member of the RN Cease-Fire Commission. Completed the third year of the agricultural high school in Matagalpa. After commanding the FSLN's Bernardino-Diaz Ochoa Column in 1978-79 against Somoza, he entered the EPS. "Jhonson" joined the Resistance on June 13, 1981. Commanded the Raul Arrioliga and Armando Blancher Task Forces, and the 15th of September Command. His family was split by the 1979 revolution and United States-backed counterrevolution, where he and three of his brothers fought on opposing sides.

2021 Nicaraguan general elections and exile

Fley was a candidate for the 2021 Nicaraguan presidential election, representing Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN). He is part of the National Coalition, a collection of opposition groups that have pledged to make a democratic selection of one candidate to back against incumbent Daniel Ortega. However, On 12 July, he confirmed he had gone into exile in response to “threats from the dictatorship to arrest me”. He withdrew his candidacy, saying that with so many candidates jailed the election was already compromised and his continued candidacy would only play into Ortega's hand.

References

  1. ^ Nicaraguan Biographies: A Resource Book. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. 1988. p. 56. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Another 5 Years for Daniel Ortega?". Americas Quarterly. March 4, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "A family divided by war. Nicaraguan homes suffer the pain of civil conflict". Christian Science Monitor. 1988-04-15. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. "Fractious Nicaraguan opposition unites to challenge Ortega". ABC News. June 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  5. ^ "Luis Fley, precandidato presidencial, se exilia por amenazas de ser encarcelado por el régimen". La Prensa (in Spanish). 2021-07-12. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
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