Luis Adan Fley Gonzales (born March 1951, Matagalpa)[1] is a 2021 candidate for President of Nicaragua.[2] He was also known as "Comandate Jhonson."[3]
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.[1] Completed the third year of the agricultural high school in Matagalpa.[1] After commanding the FSLN's Bernardino-Diaz Ochoa Column in 1978-79 against Somoza, he entered the EPS.[1] "Jhonson" joined the Resistance on June 13, 1981.[1] Commanded the Raul Arrioliga and Armando Blancher Task Forces, and the 15th of September Command.[1] His family was split by the 1979 revolution and United States-backed counterrevolution, where he and three of his brothers fought on opposing sides.[3]
2021 Nicaraguan general elections and exile
editFley 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.[4] However, On 12 July, he confirmed he had gone into exile in response to “threats from the dictatorship to arrest me”.[5] 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.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Nicaraguan Biographies: A Resource Book. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs. 1988. p. 56.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Another 5 Years for Daniel Ortega?". Americas Quarterly. March 4, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Fractious Nicaraguan opposition unites to challenge Ortega". ABC News. June 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ a b "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.