Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I takea mai te FSLN i roto i te taiao o ngā whakahaere whakahē, ngā rōpū rangatahi me ngā rōpū ākonga i te mutunga o ngā tau 1950 me te tīmatanga o ngā tau 1960. Ko te Whare Wānanga o Léon, me te Whare Wānanga Motuhake o Nicaragua (UNAN) i Managua e rua o nga pokapū matua o te mahi. I whakaaweahia e te Revolution
I whakatūria te FSLN i te tau 1961 e Carlos Fonseca,, Tomás Borge, Casimiro Sotelo me ētahi atu hei "The National Liberation Front" (FLN). Ko Borge anake i ora roa ki te kite i te wikitoria a Sandinista i te tau 1979.