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Who is Daniel Ortega?
STEVE SWEENEY introduces the much-loved President of Nicaragua
Ortega is surrounded by a crowd of supporters
19.01.1930-23.04.2026
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DESCRIBED as a mentor by the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and thought of by Cuban leader Fidel Castro as a fellow revolutionary and comrade, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega remains, for some, an unknown quantity.
There is no doubt that he is revered by Sandinista supporters. To them he is simply known as “Daniel” — their leader, their commander.
Many people expressed this to me as the country celebrated the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista Revolution in July.
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