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Daniel Ortega

Daniel Ortega - Click to view image in its original context
Daniel Ortega
Type: Person
Name: Daniel Ortega
Title: Leader
Organization: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Date of Birth: 11/11/1946
Place of Birth: La Libertad, Nicaragua
Nationality: Nicaragua
Fact Sheet: Biography for Daniel Ortega
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Nicaragua is latest in Latin America to reject term limits
Mexico City; and Managua, Nicaragua - Modern Latin American history books have thick chapters on dictators and strongmen (caudillos) who pillaged government coffers, ruled for their own gain, and ruthlessly stamped out all opposition.When countries moved ... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
The Creeping Coup in Managua
It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in Managua. Today, thankfully, the New York Times finally published a long overdue story. The ... [MyDD - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
Students attack Nicaraguan legislature
Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at Congress on Tuesday to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua.The explosives caused only minor damage ... [IOL - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 4 Documents
US envoy defiant on leaving Nicaragua
MANAGUA (AFP) The US ambassador to Nicaragua said on Sunday he plans to stay put in the Central American nation despite violent protests demanding that he go home for allegedly meddling in domestic politics. 'I am staying here to work as US ambassador ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/01/2009]
First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 5 Documents
US 'very concerned' over Nicaragua court decision (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States is "very concerned" by a Nicaraguan court's decision not to stop that country's leftist president, Daniel Ortega, from seeking re-election, the State Department said. "We share the concern of many Nicaraguans that this ... [Yahoo! News - 10/23/2009]
First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 2 Documents
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Morning Brief: Ahmadinejad open to cooperation, but on what terms?
Ahmadinejad open to cooperation, but on what terms?Top story: In a speech today, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed to suggest that Iran is open to cooperation on a U.N.-backed nuclear enrichment plan, taking a far more positive tone toward ... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 10/29/2009]
First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Nicaraguan Leader's Allies Protest at US Embassy
The Nicaraguan Congress on Wednesday narrowly rejected an initiative to force a debate on whether to annul a hotly disputed court ruling allowing President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election.The vote in the National Assembly's controlling commission went ... [ABC News - 10/30/2009]
First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents
Zelaya returns
Today's news brings word that Manuel Zelaya will return as the president of Honduras thanks to American diplomatic pressure. It is perfectly fitting that the signal diplomatic triumph of President Obama's first year in office is the restoration to power ... [Power Line - 10/30/2009]
First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 10/31/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Honduras breakthrough is win for democracy
THE STAKES in Honduras's political crisis have always been bigger than the country's tiny size would suggest -- and so it follows that the breakthrough engineered this week by the Obama administration is more than a minor diplomatic triumph.At its root, ... [Washington Post - 10/31/2009]
First Reported 10/22/2009 - Updated 10/22/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Chávez to fund billionaire irrigation project in Nicaragua
“Comrade Hugo Chávez told me that we could count on Venezuela’s support to start the first phase of the project. Therefore, we can announce that we will start the first stage of the Pacific Irrigation Project,” President Ortega saidPoliticsVenezuela's ... [El Universal - 10/22/2009]
First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents
Honduras talks remain deadlocked
Honduras’ de facto leaders blasted loud music outside the embassy where Manuel Zelaya is sheltering on Wednesday and refused to buckle under increased pressure from Washington for the ousted president’s return.Talks to resolve the political crisis in ... [Taipei Times Online - 10/23/2009]
First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents
US-POLITICS Summary
Japan PM says no need to rush U.S. base decisionTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday there was no need to rush a decision on implementing a deal to reorganize U.S. troops in the country, as tension grows over an issue that ... [Washington Post - 10/23/2009]

Quotes

...''We are worried.'' Sandinistas argue that nonconsecutive term limits prejudiced the people's right to elect whomever they want. "the power is in the hands of the people, and that is not something that the oligarchs, the traitors and the imperialists like" Ortega said during a nationally televised address Oct. 20. He cast his political opponents as ''residual garbage'' who should be thrown in jail
In Nicaragua, Tensions Flare Amid Power Quest [Inside Costa Rica - 11/05/2009]
Following in the footsteps of elected regional allies, Ortega told thousands of supporters here that he would seek a referendum to let "the people say if they want to reward or punish" their leaders with reelection
Nicaraguan leader seeks referendum for reelection [AFP via Yahoo! - 07/20/2009]

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Nicaragua is latest in Latin America to reject ... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/19/2009]
Unmagical Realism in Central America [Time - 11/19/2009]
TI wants Nicaragua to clarify cooperation with ... [El Universal - 11/19/2009]
Students attack Nicaraguan legislature [IOL - 11/18/2009]
And They Tore Down The Berlin Wall - Part II [Voxy.co.nz - 11/14/2009]
Dutch MEP thrown out of Nicaragua [DutchNews - 11/12/2009]
The Starting Point: Injured vets, the DC sniper... [Yahoo! News - 11/11/2009]
The Man Who Despises America [American Spectator - 11/11/2009]
Honduras and the politics of audacity [Jamaica Observer - 11/11/2009]
Alerta bélica de Chávez crea rechazo ... [Miami Herald - 11/09/2009]
Hurricane heads for US Gulf coast after killing... [South China Morning Post - 11/09/2009]
(UPDATE) Hurricane Ida moves on after killing 1... [ABS-CBN News - 11/09/2009]
Hurricane Ida floods kill 91 in El Salvador [Channel NewsAsia - 11/09/2009]
Floods, landslides kill 124 in El Salvador [Nine MSN - 11/09/2009]
Venezuela and Colombia draw closer to conflict [Times Online - 11/09/2009]
Hurricane takes aim at United States [NEWS.com.au - 11/09/2009]
Hurricane takes aim at United States [Townsville Bulletin - 11/09/2009]
A New Mosque in Nicaragua Fires Up the Rumor Mill [Inside Costa Rica - 11/09/2009]
Deadly hurricane eyes US [News24.com - 11/09/2009]
Deadly hurricane takes aim at US [News24.com - 11/09/2009]
Hurricane takes aim at United States [The Australian - 11/09/2009]
Floods, mudslides kill 91 as Hurricane Ida rage... [New Straits Times - 11/09/2009]
Floods, mudslides kill 124 in El Salvador as Id... [Mail & Guardian Online - 11/09/2009]
124 killed in El Salvador [iafrica.com - 11/09/2009]
Floods, mudslides kill 124 in El Salvador [Yahoo! Malaysia - 11/09/2009]
El Salvador: Floods, mudslides kill 124 as Ida ... [ReliefWeb - 11/09/2009]
WEATHER: Hurricane Ida kills scores in El Salvador [France24 - 11/09/2009]
Floods, mudslides kill 124 in El Salvador [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 11/09/2009]
Hurricane Ida floods kill 91 in El Salvador [France24 - 11/08/2009]
Hurricane Ida floods kill 50 in El Salvador [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/08/2009]
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The Creeping Coup in Managua [MyDD - 11/16/2009]
It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in ...
The Wall Street Journal and the case of the not... [FP Passport - 11/10/2009]
This Wall Street Journal article is trying really hard to find something sinister in the story of a recently constructed mosque in Nicaragua. The piece leads by ...
Thaksin glides around the globe and flim-flams ... [FP Passport - 11/05/2009]
Thailand peripatetic former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has turned up in Cambodia, where he has been named a special economic advisor to the government. As ...
Javier Corrales: Nicaragua: Déjà coup... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/03/2009]
This week, the United States helped bring an end to a serious political crisis in Honduras. A similar crisis is now brewing in Nicaragua. This time, ...
Nicaragua: Protests in Managua Show Divisions W... [Global Voices Online - 10/30/2009]
It has been a busy week in Nicaragua. On October 19, the Supreme Court overturned Article 147 of the National Constitution, which had prohibited continuous presidential ...
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega campaigns to... [Slate Magazine - 04/21/2009]
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