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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) ans his wife Rosario Murillo (R), marks they ballots before cast his vote, on November 9, 2008, in Managua. Millions of Nicaraguans went to the polls to vote in municipal elections following a campaign marred by violence and controversy over the government's failure to accredit election observers. The government of President Daniel Ortega came under fire for barring two opposition parties from fielding mayoral candidates and for police raids against non-governmental organizations.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) delivers a speech beside Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo (R), president of the National Commission for Verification, Reconciliation, Peace and Justice of the Sandinista government, on November 03, 2008 in Managua. The Nicaraguan government handed over 780 titles to families demobilized by the former Nicaraguan Resistance (Contra) and the Sandinista Popular Army (EPS), the two sides who fought the civil war in the 1980s.
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) hugs his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd L) as Spain's King Juan Carlos (2nd R) and El Salvador President Elias Antonio Saca (R) watch after an official photo session outside Marte museum during the annual Ibero-American Summit in San Salvador October 30, 2008.
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (2nd L) hugs her Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (3rd L) as Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and El Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca watch after an official photo session outside Marte museum during the annual Ibero-American Summit in San Salvador, October 30, 2008.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, front right, Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias, front center, Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates, front left, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, center top, walk down stairs at the end of the official photo of the XVIII Ibero-American Summit in San Salvador, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.
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.