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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 ...
On November 11, 2011, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, an unemployed 21-year-old man, fired multiple shots at the White House using a semi-automatic rifle. At least seven bullets hit the second floor. Neither President Barack Obama nor First Lady Michelle Obama were home at the time; the president was not in Washington, D.C., having been on a ...
General elections are due to be held in Nicaragua by November 2027 to elect the president (or co-presidents) and members of the National Assembly. [1] As there are no term limits for the presidency, co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo are eligible to run for a fifth and second term, respectively.
The Revolution was over. Outgoing president Daniel Ortega ditched his olive green fatigues and started fresh as a civilian politician. Read More: The Cold War Didn't Have to End. Gorbachev Made It ...
Nicaragua – President Daniel Ortega condemned the death of Muammar Gaddafi. [67] Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann lamented the killing and slammed the U.S. by saying, "This is all part of the same imperial aggression that we see against Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s a very sad time in which we’re living." [68]
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 ...
Ortega, general secretary of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), was President of Nicaragua from 1985 to 1990 and presidential candidate of the FSLN in 1990, 1996, 2001 and 2006. [11] In the 2006 general elections, Ortega won with 37.99% of the votes. Daniel Ortega placed first in all major polling prior to the election.
Obama and Raul Castro reversed over 60 years of tension between the U.S. and Cuba by restoring diplomatic ties. 4. He urged states in 2013 to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.