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Nicaraguan businessman Henry Fariñas is escorted by police officers during an audience in the court of Managua, on May 2, 2012. A Nicaraguan judge ordered preventive detention to businessman Henry Fariñas, a key piece in the attack which killed Argentine troubadour Facundo Cabral, and...

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Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Santos (R) shake hands with the new United States Ambassador to Nicaragua Phyllis Powers during her credentials presentation in Managua on May 2, 2012.

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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (R) talks with Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Samuel Santos at his official residence in Helsinki on April 27, 2012.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega delivers a speech during a rally with Cuban Ambassador in Nicaragua, Eduardo Martinez Borbonet (out of frame), in Managua on April 14, 2012.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (L) and Cuban Ambassador in Nicaragua, Eduardo Martinez Borbonet (R), applaud during a rally in Managua on April 14, 2012.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (L) delivers a speech during a rally next to Cuban Ambassador in Nicaragua, Eduardo Martinez Borbonet (R), in Managua on April 14, 2012.

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President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega (L), President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes (C) and the President of Honduras Porfirio Lobo (R) participate in a press conference after a meeting on Fonseca Gulf's development, on March 30, 2012, in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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Spaniards living in Nicaragua demonstrate outside the Spanish embassy in Managua, on March 29 2012 in support of a national strike in Spain. Hundreds of thousands of protesters swamped Spain's streets on Thursday to back a general strike, marred by clashes in Barcelona where youths set...

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Farah Eslaquit, 20, the newly crowned Miss Nicaragua 2012, celebrates after winning the pageant final at the Ruben Dario National Theatre in Managua March 17, 2012.

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Farah Eslaquit, 20, waves after being crowned Miss Nicaragua during the 2012 Miss Nicaragua Beauty Pageant at the Ruben Dario National Theatre in Managua March 17,2012.

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Miss Nicaragua 2011 Adriana Dorn (L) puts the crown on Farah Eslaquit, the newly crowned Miss Nicaragua 2012, after she won the beauty pageant final at the National Theatre in Managua March 17, 2012.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (L) delivers a speech next to his Panamanian counterpart Ricardo Martinelli during a meeting at the presidential house in Managua, on March 16, 2012. Martinelli is in a official visit in Nicaragua.

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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (L) shakes hands with his Panamanian counterpart Ricardo Martinelli during a meeting at the presidential house in Managua, on March 16, 2012. Martinelli is in a official visit in Nicaragua.

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and his Panamanian counterpart Ricardo Martinelli shake hands at the "Casa de Los Pueblos" during a meeting in Managua March 16, 2012. Martinelli is on an official one-day visit to Nicaragua to boost bilateral ties.

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) speaks with Panama's President Ricardo Martinelli at the "Casa de Los Pueblos" before a meeting in Managua March 16, 2012. Martinelli is on an official one-day visit to Nicaragua to boost bilateral ties.

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Dominican Republic's Foreign Minister Carlos Morales, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Honduras' President Porfirio Lobo, Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla, Guatemala's President Otto Perez and Panama's President...

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes stand together before posing for an official photo with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and their Central American counterparts in Tegucigalpa March 6, 2012. Biden is in Honduras on an official visit.

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega arrives for a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his Central American counterparts from Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador in Tegucigalpa March 6, 2012. Biden is in Honduras on an official visit.

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega waves to the crowd as he arrives for a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his Central American counterparts from Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador in Tegucigalpa March 6, 2012. Biden is in Honduras on an official visit.

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Nicaraguan schoolchildren show their XO laptops at the municipal stadium in Ometepe Island in the Nicaragua lake south of Managua, on February 29, 2011. The One Laptop For Child Organization (OLC) in coordination with the Ministry of Education in Nicaragua are giving computers to...

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Representatives of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), Nicaraguan deputies Daniel Ortega Reyes (L) and Orlando Tardencilla, speak during a press conferernce in Managua on February 27, 2012. The Parlacen urged to Costa Rica stop damaging the ecosystem of the Rio San Juan border...

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and his Honduran counterpart Porfirio Lobo shake hands during a meeting in Managua February 23, 2012. The leaders addressed bilateral and regional security issues, and combating drug trafficking and organized crime.

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Nicaraguan National Police Chief Aminta Granera (R) and Russia's Federal Drug Control Service Director Victor Ivanov walk before a meeting in Managua February 23, 2012. Ivanov is in Nicaragua to sign agreements to combat drug trafficking between the two countries.

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Former members of the Nicaraguan Army take part in a protest on the outskirts of Managua on February 22, 2012. Hundreds of former members of the Army of Nicaragua protest to put pressure on the government of President Daniel Ortega to fulfill the agreements signed upon being discharged...

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks at an event to mark the death anniversary of Sandinista revolutionary leader Augusto Calderon Sandino at Revolution Square in Managua February 21, 2012.