MILPAS
ORIGINALLY STOOD FOR MILICIAS POPULARES ANTI-SOMOCISTAS; NOW MILICIAS POPULARES ANTI-SANDINISTAS
Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas; Milicias Populares Antisandinistas; People's Anti-Sandinista Militias
There were two armies with the acronym MILPAS in Nicaragua. The first, Milicias Populares Anti-Somocistas, fought alongside the Sandinista National Liberation Front against the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.