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Feb 29, 2024 · Daniel Ortega (born November 11, 1945, La Libertad, Nicaragua) Nicaraguan guerrilla leader, member of the Sandinista junta that took power in 1979, and the elected president of Nicaragua (1984–90, 2007– ).
Ortega was born in La Libertad, department of Chontales, Nicaragua, into a working-class family. His parents, Daniel Ortega Cerda and Lidia Saavedra, were opposed to the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. His mother was imprisoned by Somoza's National Guard for being in possession of "love letters", which the police said were coded political ...
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Jan 10, 2022 · Getty Images. Daniel Ortega (pictured on a 1988 visit to Havana) was a close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro. The first downfall. Despite having made important gains, particularly in...
Daniel Ortega Saavedra was born on November 11, 1945, in the mining and ranching town of La Libertad, Nicaragua, in the municipality of Chontales. He was the third son of Daniel Ortega Serda, an accountant for a mining firm. The family later moved to Managua, where his father owned a small export-import business.
Daniel Ortega, (born Nov. 11, 1945, La Libertad, Nic.), President of Nicaragua (1984–90; 2007– ). In 1963 he became a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front and organized urban resistance to the corrupt dictatorship of the Somoza family.
Ortega was born to a middle-class family in La Libertad, department of Chontales, Nicaragua. His parents, Daniel Ortega and Lidia Saavedra, were in opposition to the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
Jan 19, 2007 · * Born in a rural mining and ranching town, Ortega studied law in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua but left to head the Sandinista student movement and edit a Sandinista newspaper. In 1967,...