Nicaraguan leader seeks referendum for reelection

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Published Jul 20 2009 by AFP via Yahoo!

Nicaraguan leader seeks referendum for reelection

MANAGUA (AFP) Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega announced Sunday, on the 30th anniversary of the leftist Sandinista revolution he led, that he would seek a referendum to change the constitution to allow him to seek reelection.

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