Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega
José Daniel Ortega Saavedrais a Nicaraguan politician who has been President of Nicaragua since 2007; previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as Coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstructionand then as President. A leader in the socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front, his policies in government have seen the implementation of leftist reforms across Nicaragua...
NationalityNicaraguan
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth11 November 1945
CityLa Libertad, Nicaragua
CountryNicaragua
Today the winds of hope blow through Latin America and the Caribbean.
We had explored the possibility of the French sending us Mirage, and the French were willing; and when this became known, the Americans reacted by announcing publicly that they would not allow those armaments to enter Nicaragua and that they would bomb the Nicaraguan ports.
We are going to wait for the moment of the debate, and we'll make the decision,
This subject brings pain and sadness, and also indignation at the manipulation,
Civil rights in reverse is what I call it. What about our civil rights?
His intelligence. He?s skillful and he?s very, very intelligent. He always just makes that right play.
During the meeting with President Carter, we proposed the development of a new kind of relationship with the United States.
Conditions are ripe for triumph. We will win. And we will wield great power here.
Conditions are ripe for triumph, ... We will win. And we will wield great power here.
There was a conviction that the socialist cause was a just one, and so wherever there were struggles against colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism, the Soviet Union would support those struggles and those causes, in the form of economic and military help. The economic assistance that the Soviet Union gave Nicaragua was invaluable.
It wasn't a completely free election because there was open interference from the United States, from President Bush, in the form of financial and political support to our opponents, as well as threats that the blockade would not be lifted and all the rest of it if UNO didn't win. The decisive moment was the invasion of Panama.