Ortega first came to power in 1979 after his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) ousted the dictator Anastasio Somoza. He was elected president in 1984 and served until 1990.

Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega and his wife were granted control of all state powers Thursday under a constitutional amendment ratified by the country's legislature that also elevated her to the ...

As we say in Nicaragua, Ortega controls from head to tail all the country's institutions, including the electoral apparatus," said Fley, who is president of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN ...

Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control ...

The Nicaraguan National Assembly on Thursday unanimously ratified the constitutional reforms proposed by current President Daniel Ortega. Under Article 8 of the country's new constitution, which is ...

Ortega has engaged in increasingly authoritarian practices, tightening control of all sectors of the state with the support of Murillo as vice president -- in what critics describe as a nepotistic ...

Leaders of the House of Representatives on Sunday rallied behind President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in criticizing former ...

Critics say the reforms are the latest to further concentrate power in the hands of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo lead a ...

It seems Vice President Sara Duterte was living in a multiverse all this time if she insists that life was better during the ...

Funes governed El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. He lived his final nine years under the protection of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, whose government had given him citizenship, allowing him to ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has engaged in increasingly authoritarian practices with the aid of his powerful wife Rosario Murillo - Copyright AFP/File Maynor ...