Nicaragua
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Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is a country in Central America, comprising 130,370 square kilometers. With a population of 7,097,329 as of 2026, it is the third-most populous country
Location of Nicanahuac, the Indigenous name for Gran Nicoya [es], an area in western Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica inhabited by the Nahuas
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An ancient petroglyph on Ometepe Island
The Colonial city of León
The colonial city of Granada near Lake Nicaragua, one of the most visited sites in Central America
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
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…1980s. Though nominally a unitary presidential republic, Nicaragua has experienced significant democratic backsliding since 2007 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega, resulting in large protests in 2018 and a subsequent crackdown. Following the 2021 election, it has been widely described as an authoritarian dictatorship…
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