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José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician. He is the current President of Nicaragua (since 2007), a position he has held previously between 1985 and 1990. A leader in the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN), his policies in government have seen the implementation of leftist reforms across Nicaragua.
Read More at Wikipedia ›At least four Nicaraguan police officers have been injured in clashes with demonstrators protesting President Daniel Ortega's bid to win re-election.
Protesters threw stones after police blocked their march through the capital of Managua on Saturday.About 1,000 demonstrators turned out to oppose the president's decision to enter the Nov. 5 election. Ortega's supporters were bused in for a competing demonstration that was much larger.Ortega is running based on a 2009 ruling from a Nicaraguan Supreme Court commission made up of his supporters that overturned the constitution's ban on consecutive re-election.Ortega first served as president from 1979 to 1985 and returned to the office in 2006....Could this weekend's gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas?The question hung in the air as the leaders convened Sunday ...
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Teary-eyed Sandinista leaders bade farewell to the "older brother" of their revolution at a dramatic midnight funeral and President Daniel Ortega declared three days...
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has registered to run for another term in office, ignoring complaints by his opponents that his candidacy violates the Central Ame...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua's attorney general has dropped a complaint against President Daniel Ortega and other former Sandinista officials in the killings ...
Thousands of Sandinista militants on Tuesday bid goodbye to Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the guerrilla movement that overthrew Nicaragua's U.S...
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A summit of nearly 30 Western Hemisphere leaders has ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine claims to the Falkland Islands."There...
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