Daniel Ortega Wins Nicaragua Presidency

lanbiyu · Senior Member

RE: Daniel Ortega Wins Nicaragua Presidency

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Cocotaso wrote:

This is bad.......how could he WIN!

Leftist Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega easily defeated four other candidates in Nicaragua's presidential race to return to power 16 years after a U.S.-backed rebellion helped force him from office, according to a quick count released early Monday.

Ortega's victory, if confirmed by final results, would give Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a strong ally in the region while threatening U.S. aid to the second-poorest nation in the hemisphere. - I highly doubt this. Ortega's liking the good life too much now.

Many here still have bitter memories of the Sandinistas' decade in power, in which homes and businesses were seized and a war with Contra rebels left 30,000 dead.

Cocotaso · Senior Member

This is bad.......how could he WIN!

Leftist Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega easily defeated four other candidates in Nicaragua's presidential race to return to power 16 years after a U.S.-backed rebellion helped force him from office, according to a quick count released early Monday.

Ortega's victory, if confirmed by final results, would give Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a strong ally in the region while threatening U.S. aid to the second-poorest nation in the hemisphere.

Many here still have bitter memories of the Sandinistas' decade in power, in which homes and businesses were seized and a war with Contra rebels left 30,000 dead.