Daniel Ortega, whose biography is described in this article, is an active political figure in Nicaraguan. He is one of the most famous leaders of the Sandinista Revolution that took place in 1979 in Nicaragua. As a result, the coup d'état was very successful, and Daniel led the country. Ortega was President of Nicaragua from the eighty-fifth to the ninetieth year of the 20th century. And from 2006 to the present, he again occupies this honorable position.
Family, personal life
Daniel Ortega, whose photos are presented in our review, was born on November 11, 1945 in the city of La Libertad. He was from an intelligent family. Ortega He began to live in a civil marriage with the poetess Rosaria Murillo from the seventy-eighth year. She had three children from a previous marriage.
During their life together, eight more children were born. As a result, there were eleven children in the family (along with the children of Rosaria). Daniel officially married her only in 2005. For some time, the woman was the Minister of Culture of Nicaragua.
Education
Ortega graduated from high school and then entered the Faculty of Law. He studied at the very prestigious and famous Central American University, which is located in Managua (the capital of Nicaragua).
Young years
In the sixtieth year, at the age of 15, Daniel Ortega began to engage in revolutionary activities. For this reason, he was first arrested by the secret police of Luis Somosa. And in the sixty-second year, Daniel joined the Sandinista National Movement.
Revolution
In the sixty-third, Ortega was arrested in Guatemala, and he was deported to his homeland, in Nicaragua. In the sixty-fifth year, Daniel entered the leadership of the SFSS. From 1966 to 1967, he was commander of the Central Front of the National Movement. In addition, he took part in a terrorist act committed in the sixty-seventh year.
After this crime, Ortega was arrested and was in prison until the end of the seventy-fourth year. He was then released at the same time as some other prisoners. They were exchanged for hostages, which were captured by partisans. Daniel went to Cuba. There, for several months, he underwent a good partisan training. Then he returned to Nicaragua and became the head of the armed struggle in some parts of the country against the then president of Somosa. In the seventy-ninth year, Daniel became a member of the Renaissance government.
After the overthrow of Somosa
After the successful completion of the revolution, Ortega Daniel led the Government junta. She began to build socialism in Nicaragua in the eightieth year. From the USSR, Daniel was allocated 50 tanks, 250 advisers and 125 million dollars. The Soviet Union also provided him with diplomatic support.
In the eighty-first year, Ortega became the coordinator of the leadership of the SFSS. And in the eighty-second partisans activated in Nicaragua, and the government of Daniel introduced a state of emergency. It operated in the country until the end of the eighty-ninth year.
Daniel Ortega becomes President of Nicaragua
In the eighty-fourth year, Ortega was elected President of Nicaragua. But officially he took up this position only at the beginning of next year. In 1987, serious economic problems arose in the country. As a result, most social programs were curtailed. In the eighty-ninth year, aid from the USSR ceased, and the government of Nicaragua began to look for other ways to end the long civil war.
Presidential removal
As a result, demographic reforms were carried out and new parliamentary and presidential elections were scheduled. In the ninetieth year, the Chamorra party won the election with 55% of the vote, while Ortega won just forty percent. After a couple of months, Daniel had to relinquish his post as president of Nicaragua.
Subsequently, he ran for two more times, but each time lost the right-wing forces in the elections.
Ortega becomes Nicaraguan President again
For the second time, he received the post “President of Nicaragua,” Daniel Ortega only in 2006. He won the election with only thirty-eight percent of the vote. But his rivals got even less. Eduardo Montelegre - 29%, and Jose Riso - 26.2%.
Ortega meets with the leadership of the Soviet Union and Russia
Daniel Ortega visited Russia several times. First meeting with Brezhnev held in the early eighties. Both sides condemned the military conflicts with the partisans and the threat of weapons. Daniel fully supported the cessation of the arms race so that peace would be restored and people would be safe.
In 2008, Ortega met in the Kremlin with Dmitry Medvedev. Daniel openly supported the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. A few days after the meeting of the presidents, the Foreign Ministry of Nicaragua announced this. At that time, Ortega became the second leader after Medvedev, who officially recognized the independence of these countries.
In 2008, Daniel once again visited Russia and met again with Medvedev. During the meeting, the presidents of both countries signed agreements on cooperation in the space field, development and use of the GLONASS system, agriculture, energy, science and innovation.
The London magazine Economist noted that Ortega’s rule is becoming more authoritarian every year. The party of Daniel began cooperation with former adherents of the dictatorship of Somosa. One of them is Arnoldo Aleman.
Scandals around the name of Ortega
Like all prominent political figures, Ortega more than once found himself in the center of scandals. He had his enemies, who wanted power.
For example, in the ninety-eighth year, Daniel Ortega was at the center of a sexual scandal. His stepdaughter, Narvaez Murillo, submitted a petition of forty-seven pages to the Nicaraguan Commission. It described in detail, to the smallest detail, the sexual and psychological bullying of Daniel Ortega over her from childhood. She claimed that her stepfather had performed all these actions since she was an eleven-year-old girl. And he continued bullying for another twenty years. Ortega's wife and children have denied these allegations. According to some reports, this lie about rape and bullying was financed by Daniel's opponents, who wanted him to resign from the post of head of state.
And this is not the only scandal that plagued Ortega throughout life. He was charged with deportation of Mosquito Indians, accompanied by torture and executions. The names of his associates, who were also accused of numerous sins, were also mentioned.
Ortega was accused of a civil war that took place in the country for several years. About thirty thousand people died in it. In addition, Ortega was charged by the Nicaraguan Commission for crimes against humanity.
The personality of Ortega
Since childhood, Daniel Ortega loves to read. He was always interested in theatrical performances and history. Daniel's character is a bit adventurous. Ortega is always ready to compromise. He knows how to admit mistakes, to be responsible for his words and actions. Daniel went through a difficult life, knew the hardships, prisons, but retained his thirst for life. Ortega was recently baptized; he is now a Christian. He even publicly apologized to the church for harassment during the Sandinista regime.
Ortega Awards
During his life, Ortega was awarded several orders:
- The Great Cross of the Sun (Peru);
- Jose Marti (Cuba);
- Uatsamonga (South Ossetia);
- Honors and glories (Abkhazia).