Ortega was hardly the most romantic or photogenic of the new five-member junta, but his communication skills pushed him to the forefront and he effectively became leader of the country.

Along with many men and women of my generation, Ortega and Murillo among them, I became a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), joining the movement in 1970. Even as a small child ...

Daniel Ortega News from United Press International. Top News . U.S. News; ... Ortega became a member of the ruling multipartisan Junta of National Reconstruction and was later elected president, ...

If one were to emerge in 2021 out of a time capsule hidden in 1979 and were to meet Daniel Ortega, ... Mr. Ortega became a member of the five-person ‘Junta of National Reconstruction’ that ...

The Kinder, Gentler Daniel Ortega The Kinder, ... Among them is Sergio Ramírez, an original Sandinista junta member and renowned author ejected from the party by Ortega for his dissident views.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, ... Nearly 30 years ago, Ortega – as a member of a five-person Junta of National Reconstruction – came to power on July 19, 1979, ...

A day after the 1990 election, Daniel Ortega (c) visited Violeta Chamorro (r) at her home to congratulate her after the surprise victory of her UNO coalition over the Sandinista Front.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega lashes out at a century of what he called terroristic U.S ... Ortega was a member of the revolutionary junta that drove Anastasio Somoza from power in 1979 and ...

Ortega was a member of the five-person Junta of National Reconstruction that took power immediately after the overthrow of the U.S.-installed Somoza dictatorship.

Daniel Ortega was never the most charismatic Sandinista leader. He was not a great military strategist; his younger brother, Humberto, who went on to become defense minister, was known for that.

How we got here. Born on November 11, 1945, the son of a shoe maker, Mr Ortega grew up in a mining village and went on to study law, but dropped out to join the guerrillas fighting the US-backed ...

Former revolutionary Daniel Ortega was sworn in as Nicaragua’s president Wednesday, ending his two-decade fight to return to power with promises to maintain relations with the United States ...