The Nicaraguan dictator and military leader Anastasio Somoza (1896-1956) used his position as commander of the national guard to overthrow the government in 1936, and he assumed the presidency in 1937...
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A former ally of President Daniel Ortega said Friday that he was willing to look at forming a legislative alliance with the new leader, a move that would give the new government the majority it nee...
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MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel
Ortega defied Congress Thursday and issued a decree to allow
the immediate creation of citizens' councils, which a majority
of lawmakers oppose. The...
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The United States welcomed on Wednesday a suggestion by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that he was open to a deal to rid his country of most of its shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, relics...
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Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2007. There are 244 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ...
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Nicaraguan revolutionary Daniel Ortega's first day as president was spent signing a socialist trade pact with allies Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba, and planning a meeting with Iran's hard-line presid...
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Today is Tuesday, July 17, the 198th day of 2007. There are 167 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800, a Paris-bound Boeing 747, exploded and crashed o...
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Daniel
Ortega
of the leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), who had served as
Nicaragua
's president from 1984 to 1990, was on Nov. 5, 2006, again elected to the top post.
Ortega...
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Daniel Ortega, who led a Marxist government that spent the 1980s fighting U.S.-backed insurgents, returns to power Wednesday promising to respect free trade and private business and maintain relati...
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Former revolutionary Daniel Ortega was sworn in as Nicaragua's president Wednesday, completing his two-decade fight to return to power with promises to maintain relations with the United States whi...
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Anastasio Somoza
Aleman considering alliance with Ortega
