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.
Nicaragua is a presidential republic,in which the President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government,and there is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a left-wing political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto César Sandino,who led the Nicaraguan resistance against the United States occupation of Nicaragua in the 1930s.
Enrique JoséBolaños Geyer was a Nicaraguan politician who served as President of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007.
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.
The Nicaraguan Revolution encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s,the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) to oust the dictatorship in 1978–79,the subsequent efforts of the FSLN to govern Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990,and the Contra War,which was waged between the FSLN-led government of Nicaragua and the United States–backed Contras from 1981 to 1990. The revolution marked a significant period in the history of Nicaragua and revealed the country as one of the major proxy war battlegrounds of the Cold War,attracting much international attention.
Sergio Ramírez Mercado is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who was a key figure in 1979 revolution,served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as vice president of the country 1985–1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega. He has been described as Nicaragua's "best-known living writer". Since the 1990s,he has been involved in the left-wing opposition to the Nicaraguan government,in particular in the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista. He was exiled from the country in 2021 and stripped of his nationality by the government in 2023.
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.
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%.
Eduardo Montealegre Rivas is a Nicaraguan politician. He ran for president in the 2006 general election as the candidate of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN-PC) a split-off of the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) in alliance with other liberal parties and the Conservative Party. He finished in second place after Daniel Ortega,receiving 28.3% of the vote.
Tomás Borge Martínez,often spelled as Thomas Borge in American newspapers,was a cofounder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua and was Interior Minister of Nicaragua during one of the administrations of Daniel Ortega. He was also a renowned statesman,writer,and politician. Tomás Borge also held the titles of "Vice-Secretary and President of the FSLN",member of the Nicaraguan Parliament and National Congress,and Ambassador to Peru. Considered a hardliner,he led the "prolonged people's war" tendency within the FSLN until his death.
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 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 following is an alphabetical list of topics related to Nicaragua.
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.
General elections were held in Costa Rica on 2 February 1986. Óscar Arias of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election,whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 82%.
Convergencia Nacional or the National Convergence alliance was a coalition of a number of Nicaraguan political organizations,formed in support of Daniel Ortega's bid in the presidential election of 2001. Despite losing the presidential election,the FSLN-led alliance made steady gains in the 2004 municipal elections,and Ortega was elected president in 2006. The alliance included Ortega's FSLN,Nationalist Liberal Party,Popular Conservative Alliance,Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement,Nicaraguan Christian Democratic Union,as well as the Unidad Social Cristiana PUSC and dissident minority factions of the Sandinista Renovation Movement,Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance,Constitutionalist Liberal Party,Nicaraguan Resistance Party and YATAMA. Majority factions of the latter 6 organizations have joined the anti-Ortega coalition Alianza PLC founded in 2008.
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 6 November 2016 to elect the President,the National Assembly and members of the Central American Parliament. Incumbent President Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was re-elected for a third consecutive term amid charges he and the FSLN used their control of state resources to bypass constitutional term limits and hamstring political rivals. The FSLN benefited from strong economic growth and relatively low levels of crime compared to neighbouring countries.
Miriam Argüello Morales was a politician from Nicaragua. A lawyer by training,she was the first woman to become president of the National Assembly of Nicaragua,where she served as a deputy for 22 years. She was elected Assembly president in 1990,defeating Alfredo César Aguirre though he had the support of Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro. However,César prevailed the following year,replacing Argüello in 1991.
