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...

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...

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 President Daniel Ortega to weaken the opposition.Former president Arnoldo Aleman, who acknowledged...

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 needs to pass laws.In comments to reporters, former President Arnoldo...