Ortega – Chavez Protégé

With Fidel Castro ageing, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has found a new leftist leader to emulate. Marching to the same tunes conducted by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, Ortega has manipulated the system to overturn the constitutional ban on his re-election. Nicaragua has a one-term limit for presidents, and Ortega’s term expires in 2011. However,... »