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, and was elected president of Nicaragua on November...

The Divine Ortega THE SACRED HOPE passes from place to place, but the hope itself never seems to die. For if the salt have lost its savor, where then is the meaning of life? An early book about the intellectuals' disillusionment...

NO PACT WITH ORTEGA ON CAPITOL HILL, the fear is growing among members of both parties that if Daniel Ortega signs the Contadora peace treaty, it will derail President Reagan's $100-million Contra aid package, which has failed once already in the House...

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 relations with Washington.Yet he will be sworn in as Nicaraguan president in a ceremony attended by some...

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 Daniel Ortega, who battled a U.S.-backed Contra insurgency in the 1980s, returned to the presidency after 17 years...