Daniel Ortega

Last Living Founder Of Sandinista Movement Dies

AP | FILADELFO ALEMAN and MARJORIE MILLER | Posted 05.02.2012

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Thousands of Sandinista militants on Tuesday bid goodbye to Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the guerril...

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Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution Continues!

Dan Kovalik | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Sandinistas, Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua, Sandinista Movement, Daniel Ortega Nicaragua, Contra War, Sandinista Revolution, World News

For the most part, one struggles to find many in the U.S. today who still carry a torch for the Sandinistas. Since I was a young man, I have believed in the Sandinistas, and the latest news from Nicaragua has only confirmed my loyalty.

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Ahmadinejad in Managua: WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Fears of Nicaraguan-Iranian Rapprochement

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Wikileaks, Daniel Ortega, Venezuela, Latin America, Central America, Nicaragua, World News

Though U.S. diplomats would like to make alarmist claims about Iran's footprint in Central America, the evidence is pretty thin. That won't stop hyperbolic statements from the Republicans and others, however, who still regard Nicaragua as a virtual U.S. enclave.

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Nicaraguan President Begins Third Term, Hosts Ahmadinejad

AP | FILADELFO ALEMAN | Posted 03.11.2012

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Daniel Ortega was sworn in Tuesday for his third 5-year term as president of Nicaragua, shrugging off opposition complaints...

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Daniel Ortega to Host Ahmadinejad

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Alba, Democracy, Hugo Chavez, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, Freedom, World News

Nicaragua, historically one of the most unstable countries in a region not known for its stability, appears to have given up its fight. In a season of political activism, Nicaragua's fraudulent election has shone for its silence -- and acquiescence.

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Nicaraguan President Promises 'Christian, Socialist' Path After Re-Election

AP | Posted 01.08.2012

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Newly re-elected President Daniel Ortega said Tuesday there won't be any dramatic changes in his new administration and that he ...

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Nicaragua's Ortega Headed For Reelection

AP | FILADELFO ALEMAN | Posted 01.07.2012

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released ...

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President Ordered To Stop Playing 'Stand By Me'

AP | Posted 12.06.2011

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Sony/ATV Music Publishing wants Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to stop playing the song "Stand By Me" as part of his re...

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Dear President Chavez, Prime Minister Erdogan, President Morales, and President Ortega

David Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Human Rights, Turkey, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Erdogan, Evo Morales, Israel, Daniel Ortega, World News

Each of you has been a recipient of the Muammar Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights. When you had the chance to show that you learned your lesson by returning the award, you did not.

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"Revolutionary Brotherhood" -- Nicaragua's 21st Century Socialism

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 21st Century Socialism, Alba, Hugo Chavez, Cfr, Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua, World News

Roughly a year ago in Nicaragua a document surfaced, entitled "Revolutionary Brotherhood -- 21st Century Socialism." This document is purported to have been authored by the FSLN following a meeting with Hugo Chavez.

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A Plea for Independent Election Monitoring in Venezuela

Maria Conchita Alonso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Maria Conchita Alonso, Poland, Panama, Costa Rica, Spain, Nicaragua, Israel, Daniel Ortega, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Columbia, Hugo Chavez Venezuela Referendum, World News

Media controlled. Judiciary intimidated. Dissent stymied. All that is left to challenge Chavez is an independent legislature.

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Survivor 21: Infants vs Senior Citizens: Not About Yve

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

It began with Jeff Probst's voice telling us: "This is Nicaragua: remote, mysterious, dangerous." He left out poverty-ridden (second-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, barely beating out Haiti), oppressed, run by a powerful Marxist leader.

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Why Did Jeff Probst of Survivor: Nicaragua Email Me?

Eric Volz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Probst, Nicaragua, Survivor, Daniel Ortega, Survivor Nicaragua, Entertainment News

CBS's choice of Nicaragua for this season of Survivor is a cynical ploy that will generate misinformation about the living conditions and human rights violations perpetrated in that country.

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U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story?

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moves to bring the U.S. Navy to Costa Rica have sparked widespread suspicions that Washington is looking for a justification to remilitarize the Central American region.

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On Life, Death and the New York Uprising

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abe-Beame, New York Yankees, New York Uprising, Ed Koch, George Steinbrenner, Daniel Ortega, World Series, New York News

I am not a big sports fan. George Steinbrenner meant little or nothing to me before I was elected Mayor New York City in 1977. Then, suddenly, he meant a lot.

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Nicaragua: Déjà Coup All Over Again?

Javier Corrales | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United States, Constitution, Democracy Promotion, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, Coup in Honduras, World News

This week, the United States helped bring an end to a serious political crisis in Honduras. A similar crisis is now brewing in Nicaragua, but this time, the United States won't be as lucky.

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Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega's Tactics 'Reek Of Authoritarianism', Says John Kerry

miamiherald.com | By TIM ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pro-government demonstrators rocked the U.S. Embassy as opposition leaders complained the president is undermining Nicaragua's democracy in his effort...

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US-Nicaragua Aid Cut Due To Concerns Over Democracy

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday canceled more than $60 million in assistance to Nicaragua, citing concerns about democracy, rule of ...

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OAS Cuba Talks (UPDATE: CUBA READMITTED)

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: AP reports that Cuba has been readmitted without conditions. Thirty-four members of the Organization of American States gathered here Tues...

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Buchanan: Nicaragua's Ortega "Scrub Stock"

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the last decade or so, Washington has indulged Pat Buchanan as a sort of crazy political uncle. ...

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Is President Obama Serious About a New Relationship with the Americas?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Empire, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Obama Summit of the Americas, Summit of the Americas, Latin America Policy, Superpower, President Obama, Evo Morales, Nestor Kirchner, Cuban Doctors, Daniel Ortega, Mexico Drug Wars, Cuba, World News

Will Obama rebuild our relationship with the south on a foundation of respect for democracy? Or will it be more of the same superpower policies cloaked in collaborative and intelligent rhetoric?

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After the Summit of the Americas, Raul Castro Offers to Talk to Obama, But Not to Us

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't know what to think, given the difference between what is said to the outside world and the tiresome sermon we get every day.

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Dear Marty Fleck: How Do I Recover After Being Fired By Dick Cheney?

Bill Scheft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Look, you had a nice run. Eight years. You got to see Greater Fallujah, the mountainous border region of Afghanistan, and I would guess, the Pacific Palisades. And I'm sure you had more than a few laughs with Cheney.

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Leftist Victory in El Salvador Closes an Historic Cycle

Marc Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fmln Victory, Fmln, Daniel Ortega, Fsln, El Salvador President, Funes Election, Contras, Reagan Administration, Maurico Funes, Marc Cooper, Presidential Election El Salvador, Latin America, El Salvador, Huffington Post El Salvador, Funes, World News

History comes full cycle with the election of a leftist president in El Salvador. Those we branded two decades ago as "international terrorists" now democratically govern Central America.

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Letter From Nicaragua: As Elections Approach, What'll It Be -- Lula or Hugo?

David Paul Appell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Nicaragua, Latin America, Daniel Ortega, Latin America Policy, Central America, Nicaragua, U.S. Policy in Latin America, Sandinistas, Ortega, Bolivarian Movement, Hugo Chavez, Chavez, Arnoldo Aleman, Oxfam, Sandinismo, Aleman, World News

What the United States needs to do under the Obama administration is, first off, pay more attention and engage not just with Nicaragua but to Latin America in general.

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