During the post- World War II period, the SI aided social democratic parties in re-establishing themselves when dictatorship gave way to democracy in Portugal (1974) and Spain (1975). Until its 1976 Geneva Congress, the Socialist International had few members outside Europe and no formal involvement with Latin America The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America, Routledge, 1989. In the 1980 s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaragua n Sandinista s (FSLN), whose Left-wing government had incited enmity from the United States . Since then, the SI has admitted as member-parties not only the FSLN but also the Centre-leftPuerto Rican Independence Party , as well as the ex- Communist parties such as the ItalianDemocrats Of The Left (Democratici di Sinistra (DS)) and the Front For The Liberation Of Mozambique (FRELIMO).
