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. The Legitimists were opposed to the Democrats. After several years of civil war between the Legitimists and the Democrats, a provisional government was established in June 1857 which had as its joint leaders the legitimist

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and the democrat Máximo Jerez. The Nicaraguan

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defines itself as a continuation of the Legitimist Party and traces its history back to PLs foundation in 1823.

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