Daniel Ortega News

MONTEVIDEO: Jose Mujica, a leftist former rebel, was declared the winner Sunday of a presidential runoff vote in Uruguay after his opponent ex-president Luis Lacalle conceded defeat.

Managua, Nov 29 President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega affirmed that the OAS Democratic Charter was trampled in Honduras with the recognition by the United States to the military coup in that country.

The headlines and the television news channels blare the daily body count or the latest drug seizure: ten tons of cocaine seized off the coast of Guatemala in a Colombian-built submarine! CNN."Guatemala is a failing state" per the murder rate and the influence of narcotics money.

President of the Central American Parliament Jacinto Suarez said on Monday that the presidents of the Central American countries did not support Panama's request of withdrawal from the Parlacen.

Managua, Nov 24 The United States funds destabilization activities against President Daniel Ortega, says the Nicaraguan press on Tuesday.

A Sandinista party member was killed and an undetermined number of Liberal Party opposition followers injured in clashes between rival demonstrators on highways around Nicaragua Saturday.

Managua, Nov 22 Nicaragua''s media highlights Sunday that an estimate of 350,000 people participated in the pro-government march on Saturday in favor of President Daniel Ortega.

Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters took to the streets of Nicaragua's capital Saturday, protesting and backing President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power.

The row between conservative Euro MP Hans van Baalen and the Nicaraguan government is continuing in the Dutch press; "Van Baalen is furious," screams a headline in De Telegraaf .

A study titled Diagnosis of Corruption in Nicaragua was "based on 60 interviews in a range of sectors, including the government," said Chilean researcher Miguel Penailillo, who conducted the study.

Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at Congress on Tuesday to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua.

Managua, Nov 18 More than 300,000 Nicaraguans who benefitted from the National Literacy Campaign the Government of Daniel Ortega carried out will continue their studies using now the program "I Know How to Read", said Raul Fernandez, a pedagogical Cuban advisor.

President Obama represents a complete break with history. He does the opposite of what his predecessors have done in similar circumstances.

It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in Managua.

Managua, Nov 14 Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, is to present a Citizen Action Plan that includes projects for next year, announced Rosario Murillo, Coordinator of the Council of Communication and Citizens of the government.

The Nicaraguan government has apologised to The Hague after an incident involving Dutch Euro MP Hans van Baalen.

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez - together with the likes of Cuba's Castro brothers, Ecuador's Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega - is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America.

Followers of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, leader of the official Sandinista party, attacked dissident Sandinistas who were protesting on the one-year anniversary of nationwide municipal elections they consider 'fraudulent.' The brawl took place outside the Supreme Electoral Council, or CSE, located in front of the central headquarters of the ...

By Steve Stecklow MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- With just 300 or so Muslims in all of Nicaragua, it became an instant mystery here when a big new mosque suddenly seemed to spring up recently in a residential neighborhood.

A late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 91 in El Salvador and thousands were left homeless in Nicaragua.