Mónica Baltodano is a former Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter, revolutionary and politician. She took part in the insurrection against the Somoza dictatorship. Former deputy in the National Assembly. She founded the dissident Movimiento por el Rescate del Sandinismo (Sandinista Renovation Movement). She holds a degree in Social Sciences and a master’s in Municipal Law from the University of Barcelona, Spain. She is the author of the series “Memorias de la Lucha Sandinista” (“Memoirs of the Sandinista Struggle”).