MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government organized rallies and festivities Monday to mark the anniversary of the July 19, 1979, revolution that overthrew dictator Anastasio Somoza. But with ...

On the 30th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, Homero looks back at some of the challenges over the years and the need for a “second revolution, ethical and humanistic [es].” ...

HAVANA, July 17. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Nicaragua’s co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo on the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution. "Please ...

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and his wife, who is co-president, have been arresting longtime loyalists, in an apparent quest to ensure no one outside the family rises to power. By Frances ...

Daniel Ortega at a Sandinista rally (Photo by Tim Rogers) In the northern countryside, where many rural campesinos have long mistrusted the Sandinista authorities, a small group of former contras ...

Ortega was 33 when he became a leader of the junta that ran Nicaragua after the Sandinista revolution ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza in July 1979. In November 1984, just before his 39th birthday, ...