Dora María Téllez
Dora María Téllez Argüello (born 1955) is a Nicaraguan historian known for her involvement in the Nicaraguan Revolution. As a young university medical student in León in the 1970s, Téllez was recruited by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Téllez went on to become a comandante and fought alongside later president Daniel Ortega in the revolution that ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979. In the subsequent FSLN government, she served as Health Minister under Ortega and has also been an advocate for women's rights. She ultimately became a critic of repression and corruption under President Ortega and left the FSLN in 1995 to found the party Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS), later renamed Unamos. Along with several other opposition figures, she was arrested in June 2021 by the Ortega government.
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Téllez in 2016 | |
| Born | Dora María Téllez Argüello 21 November 1955 Matagalpa, Nicaragua |
| Other names | Comandante Dos |
| Citizenship | Nicaraguan (until 2023) Spanish (since 2023) |
| Education | Medicine History |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Nicaragua Central American University (Managua) |
| Occupation(s) | Guerrilla fighter, Politician, Historian |
| Title | Commander (ret.) |
| Political party | Sandinista National Liberation Front (1973-1995) Sandinista Renovation Movement (1995-2021) Democratic Renewal Union |
| Criminal charges | Conspiracy (Political Prisoner) |
| Criminal penalty | 15 years |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated at Complejo Policial "Evaristo Vásquez" (El Chipote) (Managua) |