Ortega poised to take helm in Nicaragua
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"MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Months of campaigning for Nicaragua's presidency has ended in a flurry of fireworks and flowery rhetoric from supporters of Daniel Ortega, the one-time Sandinista leader and Washington headache who appears poised for a comeback on Sunday.
Thousands of Ortega supporters paraded through the streets of Managua this week, waving banners for his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and sporting his 'pink tide' hats espousing a return to the party's leftist ideals.
But the modern-day Mr. Ortega -- a balding, pudgier version of the young firebrand who led the overthrow of the Somoza family dictatorship in 1979 -- appears to have mellowed a bit, and in doing so, has garnered just about enough support to win Sunday's election without a runoff.
Aged 60, the FSLN leader who during the 1980s presided over the Sandinista fight against the U.S.-funded Contra rebels now preaches 'unity for a triumphant Nicaragua' and has embraced his one-time rivals." Full story.
"MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Months of campaigning for Nicaragua's presidency has ended in a flurry of fireworks and flowery rhetoric from supporters of Daniel Ortega, the one-time Sandinista leader and Washington headache who appears poised for a comeback on Sunday.
Thousands of Ortega supporters paraded through the streets of Managua this week, waving banners for his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and sporting his 'pink tide' hats espousing a return to the party's leftist ideals.
But the modern-day Mr. Ortega -- a balding, pudgier version of the young firebrand who led the overthrow of the Somoza family dictatorship in 1979 -- appears to have mellowed a bit, and in doing so, has garnered just about enough support to win Sunday's election without a runoff.
Aged 60, the FSLN leader who during the 1980s presided over the Sandinista fight against the U.S.-funded Contra rebels now preaches 'unity for a triumphant Nicaragua' and has embraced his one-time rivals." Full story.
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