José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (/ ɔːr ˈ t eɪ ɡ ə /; Spanish: [daˈnjel oɾˈteɣa]; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguan politician and dictator [1] [2] [3] who has been the co-president of Nicaragua since 30 January 2025, alongside his wife Rosario Murillo.

Jan 18, 2025 · Biography of Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan guerrilla leader, member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) junta that took power from the Somoza family in 1979 after victory in the civil war. Ortega served as the new regime’s first president, from 1984 to 1990, and returned to office in 2007.

Jan 10, 2022 · Daniel Ortega, the veteran Sandinista revolutionary, is sworn in for a fourth term as president.

Jan 31, 2025 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s Congress approved a constitutional reform on Thursday that would make President Daniel Ortega and his wife, current Vice President Rosario Murillo, “copresidents” of the Central American nation.

Feb 29, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of …

Jan 30, 2025 · Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega looks on as he attends a meeting of leaders of the member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Treaty of Commerce and ...

Dec 31, 2024 · An Argentine court issued an international arrest warrant for Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega on Monday. Judge Ariel Lijo’s ruling aims to extradite the Sandinista leader over alleged human rights violations, which include persecution on religious grounds and of indigenous communities and journalists’ arrests.

Feb 1, 2025 · Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo have consolidated their absolute power as president and co-president of Nicaragua. According to a constitutional reform approved by the country's ...

May 2, 2024 · In March 1986, TIME ran a cover story featuring Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega: the headline read “The Man Who Makes Reagan See Red.” Much has changed over the past four decades.

Dec 31, 2024 · An Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega over his alleged “systematic violation of human rights”, a lawyer who filed a case against the leader told ...