Dora María Téllez
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Dora María Téllez Argüello is a Nicaraguan historian known for her involvement in the Nicaraguan Revolution. As a young university medical student in León in the 1970s, Téllez was recruited by the San
Téllez in 2016
Dora María Téllez (in the center, wearing a black beret) during the FSLN conquest of León (June 1979)
Dora María Téllez c. 1985, when she was Minister of Health
Daniel Ortega
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José Daniel Ortega Saavedra is a Nicaraguan politician, revolutionary, and former guerrilla fighter who, under various titles, has been the leader of Nicaragua since 2007 and previously from 1979 to 1
Dora María Téllez
…Téllez was recruited by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Téllez went on to become a comandante and fought alongside later president Daniel Ortega in the revolution that ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979. In the subsequent FSLN government, she served as Health Minister under Ortega…
Ortega in 2024
Ortega (far right) with Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Alfonso Guerra in Madrid, 1984
Ortega and Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González in 1989
Ortega with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Russia on 18 December 2008