Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) reaches out to Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu in Managua July 16, 2009. Menchu is in Nicaragua for an international meeting on peace and reconciliation. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) reaches out to Guatemalan Nobel laureate Rigoberta Menchu in Managua July 16, 2009. Menchu is in Nicaragua for an international meeting on peace and reconciliation.

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  1. Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro meet before the opening session of the 5th ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 13, 2009.

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  1. A supporter of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demonstrates in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  2. A supporter of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega holds a poster against the United States during a violent demonstration in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  3. Supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demonstrate in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  4. A supporter of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega covers his face with a national flag during a violent demonstration in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  5. A supporter of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demonstrates in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  6. A supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega burns tyres during a violent demonstration in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  7. A supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demonstrates in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  8. Supporters of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega demonstrate in the streets of Managua, on October 30, 2009. Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives Thursday and resumed protests on Friday demanding the ambassador be expelled for criticizing a ruling allowing leftist Ortega to seek re-election. Ortega's administration issued a statement calling ambassador Robert Callahan's comments an 'inadmissible' interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs, but stopped short of asking for his removal.
  9. Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) shakes hands with United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister of Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Managua October 5, 2009.
  10. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, second left, is greeted by Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, next to Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, second right, and Cuba's President Raul Castro during the closing ceremony of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, summit in Havana, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
  11. From left: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Cuba's President Raul Castro, Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, attend the closing ceremony of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, summit in Havana, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.
  12. Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega attend the inauguration of the House of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), a headquarters for future meetings, in Havana, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009.
  13. Cuba's President Raul Castro gestures as his Nicaraguan counterpart President Daniel Ortega walks behind during the ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 13, 2009.
  14. Participants pose for a family photo at the 5th ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 13, 2009. From L-R: Dominica's Ambassador to Venezuela Philbert Aaron, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Fander Falconi, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Cuba's President Raul Castro, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Saint Vincent and the Granadines' Prime Minister Ralph Gonzalvez, Honduras' ousted Foreign Minister Patricia Isabel Rodas and Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to Cuba Philbert Aaron. ALBA member nations are Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Bolivia, Antigua and Barbuda, San Vincent and the Grenadines, and Dominica.
  15. Presidents, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua (L-R), Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Raul Castro of Cuba, salute with clenched fists during the official photo session of the 5th ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 13, 2009. Chavez has joined Cuba in promoting leftist revolution as an alternative to U.S. free-market trade proposals and the two nations are at the heart of the ALBA alliance, which aims to promote cooperation among leftist regional governments.
  16. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) attends the opening session of the 5th ALBA alliance summit in Havana December 13, 2009. Also pictured are: Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca (L-2nd R), Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Ortega's wife Rosario Murillo.

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