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José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (/ ɔːr ˈ t eɪ ɡ ə /; Spanish: [daˈnjel oɾˈteɣa]; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and dictator [1] [2] [3] who has been the co-president of Nicaragua since 30 January 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo. He was the 54th and 58th president of Nicaragua from 1985 to 1990 and from 2007 ...
The new army, known as the EPS, was placed under the command of Humberto Ortega, one of the nine FSLN commanders and brother of José Daniel Ortega Saavedra, the Sandinista junta coordinator. [2] The Sandinistas announced initially that their goal was to build a well-equipped professional military of some 25,000. [2]
As there are no term limits for the presidency, Daniel Ortega is eligible to run for a fifth term. References This page was last edited on 30 January ...
President Daniel Ortega has at times accused Catholic church leaders of seeking to overthrow his government, while judicial authorities have arrested priests and accused some of committing treason ...
In March 1986, TIME ran a cover story featuring Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega: the headline read “The Man Who Makes Reagan See Red.” Much has changed over the past four decades. The Cold War ...
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has cracked down on Catholic leaders and the church to thwart criticism of his government, raising alarms across the region.
The incumbent president, Daniel Ortega, has served as president since 2007. [3] The Supreme Court of Nicaragua ruled that the constitutional ban on immediate reelection was unenforceable. [4] In 2014, the National Assembly amended the constitution to allow the President to run for an unlimited number of five-year terms. [5]
Measures taken by the government to lower inflation were hampered by natural disaster. In early 1988, the administration of Daniel José Ortega Saavedra (Sandinista junta coordinator 1979–85, president 1985–90) established an austerity program to lower inflation. Price controls were tightened, and a new currency was introduced.