Allan Adolfo Zambrana Salmerón (born circa 1954[1]) is a Nicaraguan lawyer, politician and trade unionist.
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He was active in labour organizing in the 1970s, and was jailed at several times by the Somoza regime.[1][2][3] He was a leader of the United People's Movement (Movimiento Pueblo Unido).[4] He served as the general secretary of the Central de Acción y Unificación Sindical (CAUS) trade union centre.[5][6][7] After the victory of the Nicaraguan Revolution, he was a member of the State Council (representing CAUS). In October 1981 the State Council revoked his immunity, as he was sentenced to 29 months imprisonment for violating the Public Order Law.[8] He was recognized as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.[9]
Zambrana Salmerón was the Communist Party of Nicaragua candidate for the presidency in the 1984 Nicaraguan general election.[1] He obtained 16,034 votes (1.5%).[10] He was a member of the National Assembly 1984-1990.[11] In the 1990 Nicaraguan general election, he became an alternate member of the National Assembly for deputy Elí Altamirano.[12]
As of the early 1990s, Zambrana Salmerón was one of seven members of the politburo of the Communist Party of Nicaragua.[13] He was later expelled from the Communist Party.[14]
He served on the board of the Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH).[15]
References edit
- ^ a b c UPI. Thumbnail sketches of opposition candidates
- ^ Instituto de Estudios Políticos para América Latina y Africa (1978). Nicaragua, el pueblo vence a la dinastía. Instituto de Estudios Políticos para América Latina y Africa. p. 108.
- ^ Wolfgang Dietrich (1988). Nicaragua: Entstehung, Charakter und Hoffnung eines neuen Weges. Heidelberger Verlagsanstalt. p. 229. ISBN 978-3-920431-71-0.
- ^ Publik-Forum. 1979. p. 18.
- ^ Mario A. Trujillo Bolio (1 January 1988). Organización y luchas del movimiento obrero latinoamericano, 1978-1987. Siglo XXI. p. 101. ISBN 968-23-1482-8.
- ^ Gregory S. Crider (1988). The Sandinista state and politics of democracy and revolution: labor confederations as a case study. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 129.
- ^ Envio. El sindicalismo nicaragüense frente a la agresión y la defensa
- ^ Envio. The Inmunity Of Five Council Members Revoked
- ^ Amnesty International. Sección Espanõla (1983). Centroamérica y México, 1981-1983. Editorial Fundamentos. p. 94.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2 July 2013). Handbuch der Wahldaten Lateinamerikas und der Karibik: Band 1: Politische Organisation und Repräsentation in Amerika. Springer-Verlag. p. 599. ISBN 978-3-322-99762-3.
- ^ Juliet Hooker (3 February 2009). Race and the Politics of Solidarity. Oxford University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-19-971494-0.
- ^ Nicaragua. Asamblea Nacional (1998). Historia del poder legislativo en Nicaragua, 1823-1998. Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua. p. 562.
- ^ Richard F. Staar (1 September 1991). 1991 YEARBOOK ON COMMUNIST AFFAIRS. Hoover Institution Press. p. 104.
- ^ El Nuevo Diario. “Asalto al Palacio de Invierno” sigue en su agenda
- ^ Diario Nica. LA CPDH: TESTIGO DEL SUFRIMIENTO Y HEROISMO DE NUESTRO PUEBLO