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14 (Bloomberg) -- Nicaragua’s Central Bank President Antenor Rosales quit following a disagreement with President Daniel Ortega over the use of foreign currency reserves to fund a regional bank for the Venezuelan-led bloc of eight nations known as Alba.
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Central Bank President Antenor Rosales quit amid differences with President Daniel Ortega over plans to use central bank reserves for the creation of a regional bank for a Venezuelan-led bloc of Latin American nations, known as Alba. Ortega has proposed...
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (2nd L) greets Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega during the welcoming ceremony of the ALBA (Boliviarian Alternative for the Americas) summit in Caracas February 4, 2012. Chavez's daughter Rosa (L) and Ortega's wife... View Photo »
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We decided we weren't going to sit back and be conservative like a lot of playoff games are ... We knew this team. We went at them.
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Castro and other lawmakers said the government cited "personal reasons" for Antenor Rosales' resignation as head of the central bank. But local media said Rosales, who has run the central bank for the last five years, resigned after balking at a...
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Connie Mack talks 'thugocrats,' touts top congressional support in Hialeah
TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
In a sign of Chavez strength and the waning of Castro's regime, the Republicans spent more time talking about Venezuela's leader than Castro. They also touched on the left-leaning administrations of Bolivia's Juan Evo Morales Ayma, Nicaragua's José...
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Litchfield, Torrington area eye care specialists travel to Nicaragua for 14th year
The Register Citizen
Conditions throughout the southern Nicaraguan area and in the San Juan del Sur area in particular are glum at best. There are no jobs and little if any hope for economic improvement. Despite the constitutional calls for democratic elections and term...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) greets his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega (C) and his wife Rosario Murillo, before the ALBA summit opening ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, on February 4, 2012. View Photo »
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I did a couple of shows and wrote some unflattering articles about the wife of (Nicaraguan president) Daniel Ortega
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A version of this story ran on the author's site, nicaraguadispatch.com. The views expressed are the author's own. President Daniel Ortega is putting on his banker’s visor and taking time off from denouncing the evils of savage capitalism to try to...
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Years of energy shortages debilitated the country, as its power grid aged and energy plants were unable to meet demand. Daily power-rationing blackouts lasting 6-10 hours were the norm in 2006, but in 2007 things began to change when the Sandinista...
About Daniel Ortega
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José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (pronounced [xoˈse ðanjεl ɔɾteγa sa:ˈβeðɾa]) (born 11 November 1945) is the former 79th and current 83rd President of Nicaragua between 10 January 1985 and 25 April 1990 and from 10 January 2007. For much of his life, he has been a leader in the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación... Full Article
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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, center, holds up the presidential sash after taking the oath of office for a third term at his swearing-in ceremony in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. Ortega is flanked by Spain's Crown Prince Felipe de Borbon, left, his wife, first lady...
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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, donning the presidential sash, smiles at his swearing- in ceremony where he took the oath of office for a third term, in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. Standing in the background is Honduras' President Porfirio Lobo.
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