[1] He led the Nicaraguan delegation at Manzanillo talks with the United States in 1984 and was the chief Sandinista representative in the Contadora negotiations.

[2] The cooperation with Alemán’s ostensibly incompatible ideology (he represented the right-wing Constitutionalist Liberal Party) was unpopular among Sandinistas and that reaction spurred a greater suppression of dissent, in Tinoco’s view, leading to a strengthening of the authoritarian current in the FSLN overall.

[2] Hoping to open up space for differing opinions within the party,[6] he mounted an ultimately unsuccessful challenge to Ortega in 2001 in the FSLN internal primary elections for president.

[2] Following the revocation of MRS's legal status, Tinoco became a member of its successor, Democratic Renewal Union [es] (Unamos).

[9] Before his arrest he recorded a video calling for continued resistance in the event he was detained: "This is a struggle that has to go forward, that is not going to stop...the bright future that the people deserve is victory and freeing themselves from the dictatorship and the dynasty that they want to impose on us.”[2] Initially Tinoco was believed to be held in Evaristo Vásquez Police Complex, but as of 27 June 2021 neither his family nor his attorney have seen him since his arrest.