Editing Alexis Argüello (section)

==Political career==
Argüello was actively involved in [[Nicaragua]]n [[politics]] with the [[Sandinista National Liberation Front]] (FSLN)--the same party against whom he took up arms in the 1980s—and in 2004 was elected vice-mayor of Managua. Amid accusations of vote-rigging, Argüello narrowly won the mayoral election in Managua on November 9, 2008<ref>The Independent Newspaper (London) Obituary of Alexis Argüello July 17, 2009</ref> against the candidate of the [[Constitutionalist Liberal Party]], [[Eduardo Montealegre]], who had come second to [[Daniel Ortega]] in the [[Nicaraguan general election, 2006|2006 presidential election]]. Argüello's margin of victory was narrow as he attained just 51.30% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2008/noviembre/11/elecciones/portada/ |title=Portada |publisher=La Prensa |date=2016-11-28 |access-date=2016-12-25}}</ref>