JoséDaniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician who has been President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990,first as coordinator (1979–1985) of the Junta of National Reconstruction,and then as President of Nicaragua (1985–1990). During his first term,he implemented policies to achieve leftist reforms across Nicaragua. In later years,Ortega's left-wing radical politics cooled significantly,leading him to pursue pro-business policies and even rapprochement with the Catholic Church. As a part of this,his government adopted strong anti-abortion policies,and his rhetoric took on a new,strongly religious tenor.
Nicaragua is a nation in Central America. It is located about midway between Mexico and Colombia,bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. Nicaragua ranges from the Caribbean Sea on the nation's east coast,and the Pacific Ocean bordering the west. Nicaragua also possesses a series of islands and cays located in the Caribbean Sea.
Enrique JoséBolaños Geyer was a Nicaraguan politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007.
JoséArnoldo Alemán Lacayo is a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 81st president of Nicaragua from 10 January 1997 to 10 January 2002. In 2003,he was convicted of corruption and sentenced to a 20-year prison term;the conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court of Nicaragua in 2009.
The Constitutionalist Liberal Party is a political party in Nicaragua. At the Nicaraguan general election of 5 November 2006,the party won 25 of 92 seats in the National Assembly. However,the party suffered a devastating loss in the 2011 general election,losing 23 seats in the National Assembly.
Herty Lewites Rodríguez was a Nicaraguan politician. He was Mayor of Managua and a candidate for president in the 2006 Nicaraguan general election when he died suddenly.
The Republic of Nicaragua elects on the national level a head of state—the president—and a unicameral legislature. The president of Nicaragua and his or her vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people.
The National Assembly is the legislative branch of the government of Nicaragua founded in January 1985.
JoséRizo Castellón was a Nicaraguan politician,affiliated with the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC). Rizo was a lawyer trained at the Universidad Centroamericana of Managua in Nicaragua;he also studied in the London School of Economics.
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 5 November 2006. The country's voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and 90 members of the National Assembly. Daniel Ortega (FSLN) won the election with 37.99% of the vote,Eduardo Montealegre (ALN) trailing with 28.30%,JoséRizo (PLC) with 27.1%,Edmundo Jarquín (MRS) with 6.29%,and Edén Pastora (AC) with 0.29%.
The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance is a political coalition in Nicaragua. It was started in 2005 by Eduardo Montealegre and other members of the Constitutional Liberal Party who opposed former President of the country Arnoldo Alemán's continued control of the PLC even after he had been found guilty of misuse of public funds,and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Montealegre also opposed the political alliance,commonly referred to as 'El Pacto',between Alemán as head of the PLC and Daniel Ortega,head of the Sandinist National Liberation Front.
The Sandinista Renovation Movement is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party,made of women and men,that promotes the construction of a Nicaragua with opportunities,progress,solidarity,democracy,and sovereignty.
The Independent Liberal Party is a Nicaraguan political party,which separated from Somoza's Nationalist Liberal Party (PLN) in 1944 and took part in the probably fraudulent election of 1947,won by Somoza's favored candidate. The PLI participated in the 1984 election,winning 9.6% of vote for President with its candidate Virgilio Godoy. In 1990 it was part of the National Opposition Union (UNO) - a broad alliance of Sandinista regime opponents - with Virgilio Godoy running as the vice-presidential candidate. UNO won the elections with 54% of the vote. The UNO alliance split in 1993,and in the 1996 elections the PLI,under the candidature of Virgilio Godoy,suffered its worst electoral debacle,receiving only 0.32% of the vote. It joined with Enrique Bolaños' PLC for the 2001 elections,and was part of Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance in the 2006 elections.
The Alliance for the Republic is a centre-right liberal-conservative Nicaraguan political party founded in 2004 by dissident liberals from the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) and the Conservative Party (PC) including Enrique Bolaños,who was President of Nicaragua at the time.
Jaime Rene Morales Carazo is a Nicaraguan politician who was the Vice President of Nicaragua between January 2007 and January 2012.
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 6 November 2011. The incumbent president Daniel Ortega,won a third term in this election,with a landslide victory.
Mexico–Nicaragua relations are the diplomatic relations between Mexico and Nicaragua. Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States,Community of Latin American and Caribbean States,Organization of American States,Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations.
Luis Fernando Carrión Cruz is Nicaraguan politician. He is a former guerilla and one of the nine commandantes of the Sandinista (FSLN) National Directorate that overthrew the Somoza regime in 1979. Born to a wealthy,politically-connected family,he began college in the United States but returned to Nicaragua,first joining a radical Catholic group then the FSLN. He led the Carlos Roberto Huembes Eastern Front in Chontales during the final offensive of the revolution. He was a government minister and member of the FSLN National Directorate until 1995 when he split with party and became a cofounder of the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS).
Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena is a Nicaraguan journalist and political candidate. With his wife Verónica Chávez,he founded cable news channel 100% Noticias.
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Barrios is a Nicaraguan journalist and politician. He began his career in journalism working at La Prensa,following the 1978 assassination of its editor,his father,Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal. Working on the side of the Contras in exile in the 1980s,he returned to the country in 1989 when his mother Violeta Barrios de Chamorro ran for president,and following her election,served as a Nicaraguan ambassador. He later became defense minister. In the 21st century,Chamorro has been a city councilor for Managua and deputy in the National Assembly,also for Managua. On 25 June 2021,he became part of a wave of arrests of opposition and civic figures in Nicaragua.
