Coast Alliance Explained

The Coast Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Costeña - AC) was a regional Nicaraguan political coalition of five parties founded in 1997 in opposition to the Constitutionalist Liberal Party and the Sandinista National Liberation Front.^[1] The members of the coalition were:

• Nicaraguan Democratic Movement (MDN)
• Independent Liberal Party (PLI)
• Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN)
• Conservative Party (PC)
• Coast People’s Party (PPC)

The AC contested in the 1998 Atlantic Coast Regional Elections and won 2 seats (out of 45) in the RAAS Regional Council.

Notes and References

1. Book: Luciano Baracco. National Integration and Contested Autonomy: The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua. 8 August 2013. 1 January 2011. Algora Publishing. 978-0-87586-824-0. 167–169.