Idania Fernandez
Idania de Los Angeles Fernandez Ramirez (July 23, 1952 – April 16, 1979) was a Nicaraguan revolutionary in the Sandinista Front.
The second out of five children, Idania de Los Angeles Fernández Ramírez spent her early years in León, Nicaragua.
[1] Idania developed organizational and leadership skills as a member of the group "Las Metanoias"[citation needed] during her senior year in high school.
Idania was considered a participant in the raid at the National Government Palace in 1 which took hostages and handled to the release of several Sandinistas in captivity.
[2] Upon her return to Panama, the Panamanian military had assigned Secret Service security personnel to high-ranking or identifiable Sandinistas including Idania.
She could no longer use her real name or passport on her missions to Nicaragua, or visit public places in Panama without an escort.
[2] In February 1979, Omar Torrijos, head of the Panamanian government, invited the Grupo de Los Doce, prominent Nicaraguan businessmen backing up the Sandinistas, for talks in Panama.
Idania and Oscar were also members of the Frente Interno, and scheduled to go back to Nicaragua via Honduras, to assume the leadership of the Western Regional Command for the final Insurrection.
[3] Sergio Ramírez chose "The swan over the burning coals" for the title of the chapter in his book "Adios Muchachos"[4] dedicated to the memory of the events of the day that shook the entire city of León and the rest of the country.
On that day, the members of the Western Regional Command integrated by Oscar Pérez Cassar, Idania Fernandez, Araceli Pérez Darias, Edgard Lang Sacasa, Roger Deshon Argüello and Carlos Manuel Jarquin were in session in a safe house in the suburbs of León.
Soon after, in the city of León, guerilla fighters led by Dora María Téllez, Idania's comrade, increased their operational tempo as a result of public outrage over the deaths.
[citation needed]Ernesto Cardenal, Sergio Ramirez and other dissidents of the Sandinistas often quote Idania's writings and ideals.
