Daniel Ortega (born 1945) joined the revolutionary Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación National--FSLN) in 1963, helped lead its overthrow of the Somoza dynasty...
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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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Two of Latin America's leading leftists were sworn in as presidents of Nicaragua and Venezuela on Wednesday, celebrating a growing coalition of leaders critical of Washington.Former revolutionary D...
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Managua (dpa) - Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday said
there would be no "domino effect" among his country's remaining
Central American allies after Costa Rica s...
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A former president convicted of money laundering and embezzlement was freed from the conditions of his parole and allowed to travel around the country, a move critics said Saturday was a ploy by Pr...
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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 (dpa) - Nicaragua's previous president, Enrique Bolanos,
who served until earlier this year, was formally charged Tuesday for
allegedly protecting a former high offi...
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Taipei (dpa) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, dismissing
rumours that Nicaragua is mulling switching diplomatic recognition to
China, on Wednesday reassured Taiwan that...
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Tehran (dpa) - The presidents of Iran and Nicaragua ended Monday
their two-day summit which was widely regarded as an "anti-US
summit."
"The enemies cannot do...
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Managua (dpa) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has accused
foreign textile companies, mostly Taiwanese, of "enslaving" workers
and leaving the country instead of paying ...
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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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Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega returns to lead Nicaragua
