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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) is greeted by an unidentified awardee and principal of a school during the teachers and students awards ceremony at the convention center in Managua on September 13, 2008. Ortega, a former Marxist guerilla who had close ties to the ex-Soviet Union, went further than other leftist Latin American governments in his defiance of Washington by recognizing the two breakaway Georgian separatist provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after an armed conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi last month.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) waves to supporters while his wife Rosario Murillo looks on during the teachers and students awards ceremony at the convention center in Managua on September 13, 2008. Ortega, a former Marxist guerilla who had close ties to the ex-Soviet Union, went further than other leftist Latin American governments in his defiance of Washington by recognizing the two breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia after an armed conflict between Moscow and Tbilisi over South Ossetia last month.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, embraces a student during an award ceremony for public school teachers and students in Managua, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. Ortega says he will reject an invitation to meet with George W. Bush out of "solidarity" with Bolivia in its diplomatic spat with Washington.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (R) beside to the General Commissioner and Nicaragua Police Chief Aminta Granera (L), review the troops during the ceremony of the 29th anniversary of the National Police, September 5, 2008 in Managua, Nicaragua. Granera start the third year like the Nicarguan police chief, and she is the second woman in charge of the police, after the former guerrilla commander Doris Tijerino whom was the Chief during the Sandinista govermment in the 80's.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (2nd R) and his counterparts of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez (C) and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (L) wave next to Bolivian President Evo Morales (R, background) in Tegucigalpa on August 25, 2008, after the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) meeting, in which Honduras joined the organization.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya (L) speaks with his counterparts of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (R) in Tegucigalpa on August 25, 2008, before the start of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) meeting, which will mark the joining of Honduras to the organization.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, and Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya talk during a signing ceremony at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Honduras officially joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) trade alliance on Monday, which was created in 2004 with the participation of Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, and Nicaragua.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and former guerrilla commander Eden Pastora a.k.a. "Commander Zero" offer a clenched-fist salute on August 22, 2008, in Managua during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the assault on the National Palace. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN for its initials in Spanish) took the National Palace by force on August 22, 1978, with some 1,000 hostages which they used as ransom to free 59 political prisoners incarcerated by the government of Anastasio Somoza. The members of the commando group and the released prisoners subsequently fled to Panama and Cuba in exile.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and former guerrilla commander Eden Pastora a.k.a. "Commander Zero", wave to the crowd on August 22, 2008, in Managua during the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the assault on the National Palace. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN for its initials in Spanish) took the National Palace by force on August 22, 1978, with some 1,000 hostages which they used as ransom to free 59 political prisoners incarcerated by the government of Anastasio Somoza. The members of the commando group and the released prisoners subsequently fled to Panama and Cuba in exile.