http://www.newsvine.com/daniel-ortegaNewsvine - daniel-ortegaen-usCopyright 2013Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:01:13 +0000Fri, 24 May 2013 06:05:19 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16683111-nicaraguan-presidential-guards-convicted-of-rapehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16683111-nicaraguan-presidential-guards-convicted-of-rapenicaraguarapedaniel-ortegaworld-newsbodyguardltThu, 24 Jan 2013 22:00:30 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11675948-with-burial-nicaragua-party-tries-to-create-herohttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/12/11675948-with-burial-nicaragua-party-tries-to-create-heronicaraguafinaledaniel-ortegaworld-newsborgeltrosario-murillotomas-borgeteary-eyed-sandinistaSat, 12 May 2012 17:15:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during a midnight funeral of the late Tomas Borge, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement, in Managua, Nicaragua. At left is first lady Rosario Murillo. Borge, the country's powerful interior minister from 1979 to 1990 and Sandinista hard-liner died on April 30 at age 81 after being hospitalized for pneumonia and other ailments. In death, Borge has been given near-saint status by Ortega and his wife. Critics suggest they are using the mourning to bolster the legitimacy of a government whose last election was widely questioned. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)</p><p>FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and first lady Rosario Murillo attend the funeral of the late Tomas Borge, in Managua, Nicaragua. Borge, the country's powerful interior minister from 1979 to 1990 and Sandinista hard-liner died on April 30 at age 81 after being hospitalized for pneumonia and other ailments. In death, Borge has been given near-saint status by Ortega and his wife. Critics suggest they are using the mourning to bolster the legitimacy of a government whose last election was widely questioned. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)</p><p>The tomb of Tomas Borge, the last surviving founder of the Sandinista guerrilla movement, is cordoned off, in Revolution Square in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, May 12, 2012. Borge, the country's powerful interior minister from 1979 to 1990 and Sandinista hard-liner died on April 30 at age 81 after being hospitalized for pneumonia and other ailments. In death, Borge has been given near-saint status by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and first lady Rosario Murillo. Critics suggest they are using the mourning to bolster the legitimacy of a government whose last election was widely questioned. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/09/10073129-ortega-takes-oath-for-3rd-term-as-nicaragua-leaderhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/09/10073129-ortega-takes-oath-for-3rd-term-as-nicaragua-leadernicaraguadaniel-ortegaworld-newsinaugurationsandinista-partyltortegaMon, 9 Jan 2012 16:01:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Juan Perez, supporter of Nicaragua's re-elected President Daniel Ortega, holds his bicycle decorated with flags of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, the country's ruling party in Tipitapa, on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega will be sworn in for a third term Tuesday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A 1980's mural depicting Nicaragua's re-elected President Daniel Ortega adorns a stadium wall in Esteli, Nicaragua, Sunday Jan. 8, 2012. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega will be sworn in for a third term at Tuesday's presidential inauguration in Managua. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Juan Perez, supporter of the Nicaragua's re-elected President Daniel Ortega, pushes his bicycle decorated with flags of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, the country's ruling party in Tipitapa, on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega will be sworn in for a third term Tuesday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A boy walks in front of a mural depicting Nicaragua's national hero Augusto C. Sandino, left, and one of Cuba's Revolutionary leaders, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, in Esteli, Nicaragua, Sunday Jan. 8, 2012. Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, a one-time Sandinista revolutionary, was re-elected in the November 2011 elections for a third term. Ortega will be sworn in at Tuesday's presidential inauguration in Managua. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Children enjoy at 'La Playita' lagoon in Tipitapa, on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>People enjoy at 'La Playita' lagoon in Tipitapa, on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Juan Perez, supporter of Nicaragua's re-elected President Daniel Ortega, wears a hat with a picture of Nicaragua's re-elected President Daniel Ortega in Tipitapa, on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega will be sworn in for a third term Tuesday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A plant container adorned with a doll's head, hangs from a beam of a parks and recreation office and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega's campaign posters hang on the building's wall, in Esteli, Nicaragua, Sunday Jan. 8, 2012. Ortega, a one-time Sandinista revolutionary, was re-elected in the November 2011 elections for a third term. Ortega will be sworn in at Tuesday's presidential inauguration in Managua. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A drawing depicting Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, right, and his wife Rosario Murillo is seen on a wall in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. One-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega was reelected in 2011 elections and will be sworn in next Jan. 10 for a third term. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, and his wife Rosario Murillo raise their arms as they greet supporters after Ortega received his presidential certificate from the Electoral Supreme Council as winner of the presidential elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ortega, 66, a one-time Sandinista revolutionary, will be sworn in for his third term on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Enric Marti)</p><p>Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega holds his presidential certificate from the Electoral Supreme Council as winner of the presidential elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ortega, 66, a one-time Sandinista revolutionary, will be sworn in for his third term on Tuesday.(AP Photo/Enric Marti)</p><p>Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega greets supporters after receiving his presidential certificate from the Electoral Supreme Council as winner of the presidential elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ortega, 66, a one-time Sandinista revolutionary, will be sworn in for his third term on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad listens to a translation during a ceremony to sign agreements at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. Ortega starts his third term as president of Nicaragua on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, left, is congratulated by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, looks on after Ortega was sworn in for a third term at the swearing-in ceremony in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>In this photo released by Nicaragua's Presidential Press Office, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, stands next to Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Samuel Santos upon arrival to Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. Ahmadinejad is in Nicaragua for the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Nicaragua Presidential Press Office)</p><p>In this photo released by Nicaragua's Presidential Press Office, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, speaks with Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Samuel Santos, left, and other officials as he arrives to Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. Ahmadinejad is in Nicaragua for the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Nicaragua Presidential Press Office)</p><p>Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, shake hands prior to the swearing-in for Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2012. Ortega starts his third term as president of Nicaragua on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10036436-iran-leader-continues-to-nicaragua-on-latam-triphttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10036436-iran-leader-continues-to-nicaragua-on-latam-tripiranlatinamericacentral-americalatin-americalatin-americandaniel-ortegahugo-chavezworld-newsmahmoud-ahmadinejadltSat, 7 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks upon his arrival at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador as part of a tour aimed at showing off relationships with some of Tehran's close allies while tensions grow over the country's threats to block oil shipments in retaliation for tighter U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures upon his arrival at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador as part of a tour aimed at showing off relationships with some of Tehran's close allies while tensions grow over the country's threats to block oil shipments in retaliation for tighter U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves upon his arrival at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador as part of a tour aimed at showing off relationships with some of Tehran's close allies while tensions grow over the country's threats to block oil shipments in retaliation for tighter U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures upon his arrival at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador as part of a tour aimed at showing off relationships with some of Tehran's close allies while tensions grow over the country's threats to block oil shipments in retaliation for tighter U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes the victory sign upon his arrival at the international airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador as part of a tour aimed at showing off relationships with some of Tehran's close allies while tensions grow over the country's threats to block oil shipments in retaliation for tighter U.S. sanctions. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, is received by Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds the hand of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, during a welcoming ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the steps of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, foreground, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez walk towards the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shares a laugh with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez upon his arrival at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hold hands after the Iranian leader's arrival to Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during a ceremony to sign agreements at Miraflores presidential palace, back dropped by a painting of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, listens as Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech upon the Iranian leader's arrival to Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during a ceremony to sign agreements at Miraflores presidential palace, back dropped by a painting of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hold hands during a welcoming ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Jan. 9, 2012. Ahmadinejad visited with Chavez as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. Venezuela is the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take Ahmadinejad to Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/06/8660730-nicaraguas-ortega-no-dramatic-changes-in-storehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/06/8660730-nicaraguas-ortega-no-dramatic-changes-in-storebusinessnicaraguaelectiondaniel-ortegaworld-newsltone-time-sandinistanicaragua-electionSun, 6 Nov 2011 05:36:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Police officers carry boxes filled with ballots to waiting vehicles that will distribute the material to polling centers, in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Nov. 5, 2011. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. Nicaraguan President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency-for-life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>An election sign promoting Nicaragua's President and presidential candidate for the ruling party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Daniel Ortega, is displayed in front of the Supreme Electoral Council in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Nov. 5, 2011. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. A one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency-for-life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A police officer carries boxes filled with ballots towards vehicles that will distribute them to polling stations in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A campaign poster showing Nicaragua's President and presidential candidate of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) ruling party, Daniel Ortega and his wife, first lady Rosario Murillo, is displayed on a pole at an outdoor market in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Nov. 5, 2011. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency-for-life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A city worker collects leaves into a cart displaying images of Nicaragua's President and presidential candidate for the ruling party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), Daniel Ortega, in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Nov. 5, 2011. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary, Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency-for-life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Workers build a wall next to a billboard depicting Fabio Gadea, presidential candidate for Nicaragua's Liberal Independent Party, in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>People look at a burned vehicle, belonging to Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council, CSE, in Sebaco, Nicaragua, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. According to witnesses outside the CSE headquarters in Sebaco, supporters of Fabio Gadea, presidential candidate of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, PLI, who were claiming their ID's in order to be able to vote, allegedly burnt the vehicle in protest because the electoral institution did not deliver their documents. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)</p><p>Children look at a burnt vehicle belonging to Nicaragua's Liberal Independent Party, PLI, in Sebaco, Nicaragua, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. According to scene witnesses in Sebaco, supporters of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and candidate for reelection for the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, allegedly burnt the vehicle after clashing with supporters of Fabio Gadea, presidential candidate of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party, PLI. Nicaragua will hold general elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)</p><p>A campaign poster of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega is displayed on a light pole in front of a polling station during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. The one-time Sandinista revolutionary and and presidential candidate for the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, appears headed for a third term victory Sunday in an election that Ortega's critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Presidential candidate for the Liberal Independent Party, PLI, Fabio Gadea, is flanked by his security team as he leaves a polling station after casting his vote in the general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Gadea is the main challenger to frontrunner Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua's president and presidential candidate for the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN,. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p><p>Voters search the electoral rolls for the location of their respective polling table during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for a third term victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>An election officer shows an unmarked ballot to a voter at a polling station during the general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A dog naps in a school parking lot as a Nicaraguan Army soldier casts his vote at a makeshift polling station during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for a third term victory in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p><p>Voters form a line outside a polling station during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p><p>Voters search the electoral rolls for the location of their respective polling table on a wall of Nicaragua's Labor Ministry during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for a third term victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. The statue in the center is of Nicaraguan revolutionary hero, Augusto C. Sandino, the inspiration for the political ruling party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A voter searches the electoral rolls for the location of his polling table during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for a third term victory in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>ALTERNATIVE CROP TO EFX138 - Nicaragua's President and presidential candidate for the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front, FSLN, Daniel Ortega, raises his ballot before casting his vote at a polling station in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. First elected in 1984, Ortega regained power in 2006 and is now seeking re-election. Polls show that the incumbent president appears headed for a third term victory that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Voters form a line outside a polling station during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Police in riot gear wait in line to vote at a polling station during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Organization Americas State, OAS, Chief of Mission, Dante Caputo is met by television news cameras as he walks through a polling station during the general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaragua's 2006 election drew more than 18,000 election observers. This time election observation is much more difficult and local observers are being denied credentials. The European Union and the OAS negotiated access to Sunday's vote. The Carter Center, whose Nicaragua delegation was led by former President Jimmy Carter in 2006, has elected not to observe because of restrictions. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Police in riot gear wait in line to vote at a polling station during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Nov. 6, 2011. Nicaraguan president and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appears headed for victory Sunday in an election that his critics say could be the prelude to a presidency for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A supporter of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) is treated after being wounded during clashes between police and PLI supporters who were protesting election results one day after general elections in San Juan de la Concepcion, near Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appeared to have won easy re-election in Nicaragua, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) shout slogans against Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega as they protest election results by the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) outside their voting center one day after general elections in San Juan de la Concepcion, near Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appeared to have won easy re-election in Nicaragua, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) shout slogans against Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega as they protest election results by the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) outside their voting center where police are lined up one day after general elections in San Juan de la Concepcion, near Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appeared to have won easy re-election in Nicaragua, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Riot police run toward supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) who are protesting election results by the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) one day after general elections in San Juan de la Concepcion, near Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appeared to have won easy re-election in Nicaragua, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. The burning street barricade was set up by protesters. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Red Cross workers lift a man into an ambulance who was wounded during clashes between police and supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) who were protesting election results by the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) one day after general elections in San Juan de la Concepcion, near Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appeared to have won easy re-election in Nicaragua, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Red Cross workers lift a man into an ambulance who was wounded during clashes between police and supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) who were protesting election results one day after general elections in San Juan de la Concepcion, near Managua, Nicaragua, Monday Nov. 7, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega appeared to have won easy re-election in Nicaragua, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) protest against Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega's reelection two days after general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. The sign reads in Spanish "Ortega: 'V' is for rapist." The sign refers to Ortega's stepdaughter, Zoilamerica Ortega Murillo, who filed a criminal complaint in 1998 claiming Daniel Ortega had molested her since she was 11. Ortega and his wife both deny it, alleging Zoilamerica is mentally unstable. (AP Photo/Rafael Trobat)</p><p>Supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) hold a pig's head with a picture of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and signs alleging electoral fraud as they protest Ortega's reelection after general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Rafael Trobat)</p><p>Supporters of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) burn tires in the road as they protest the reelection of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Rafael Trobat)</p><p>A supporter of the Liberal Independent Party (PLI) prepares to add items to burning tires in the road during a protest against the reelection of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011. President and one-time Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega was re-elected in a landslide, according to results released Monday, overcoming a constitutional limit on re-election and reports of voting problems. (AP Photo/Rafael Trobat)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/05/8652482-free-of-term-limits-nicaragua-prez-nears-3rd-termhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/05/8652482-free-of-term-limits-nicaragua-prez-nears-3rd-termnicaraguasurgedaniel-ortegacold-warworld-newsltortegaSat, 5 Nov 2011 15:46:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A balloon vendor wears a campaign T-shirt that reads in Spanish "Love, peace, life," supporting the reelection of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), at a children's amusement park in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday Nov. 4, 2011. The park is set up by the government at the end of each year and children enter for free. First elected in 1984, Ortega regained power in 2006 and is now seeking re-election in general elections on Sunday. 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Presidential elections in Nicaragua are scheduled for Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Nicaragua's Police Chief Aminta Granera, right, leads a police officer injured during a protest against the reelection of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, April 2, 2011. Presidential elections in Nicaragua are scheduled for Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Demonstrators clash with police officers during a protest against the reelection of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, April 2, 2011. Presidential elections in Nicaragua are scheduled for Nov. 6. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/18/6299149-opponents-challenge-nicaraguan-prez-on-electionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/18/6299149-opponents-challenge-nicaraguan-prez-on-electionnicaraguaelectiondaniel-ortegacentral-americanworld-newsltortegaSat, 19 Mar 2011 02:21:33 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/22/6106524-nicaragua-prez-call-gaddafi-to-expresses-supporthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/22/6106524-nicaragua-prez-call-gaddafi-to-expresses-supportlibyanicaraguadaniel-ortegamoammar-gadhafiworld-newsltortegaTue, 22 Feb 2011 15:58:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5608002-leaked-cables-say-nicaragua-government-took-bribeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5608002-leaked-cables-say-nicaragua-government-took-bribesnicaraguadaniel-ortegaworld-newsltwikileaksTue, 7 Dec 2010 23:13:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/11/4871447-nicaraguan-top-court-replaces-opposition-judgeshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/11/4871447-nicaraguan-top-court-replaces-opposition-judgescourtsupreme-courtdaniel-ortegaworld-newsltnicaragua-supreme-courtnicaraguan-supreme-courtThu, 12 Aug 2010 02:22:37 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4758052-nicaragua-prosecutors-drop-ortega-massacre-casehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4758052-nicaragua-prosecutors-drop-ortega-massacre-casenicaraguakillingsindiandaniel-ortegaworld-newsltmiskito-indiansTue, 27 Jul 2010 00:39:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/12/4663128-nicaragua-ex-president-aleman-to-run-again-in-2011http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/12/4663128-nicaragua-ex-president-aleman-to-run-again-in-2011nicaraguaexpresidentdaniel-ortegaworld-newsarnoldo-alemanltMon, 12 Jul 2010 19:30:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Nicaragua's former President Arnoldo Aleman, center, embraces a supporter at the Liberal Constitutionalism Party (PLC) convention in Managua, Sunday July 11, 2010. Aleman was chosen as PLC's presidential candidate for elections in Nov. 2011. Aleman was president from 1997 to 2002. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p><p>Nicaragua's former President Arnoldo Aleman, left, arrives to the Liberal Constitutionalism Party (PLC) convention with his wife Maria Fernanda Flores, right, and son Carlos Miguel, center behind, in Managua, Sunday July 11, 2010. Aleman, who was president from 1997 to 2002, was chosen as PLC's presidential candidate for elections in Nov. 2011. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p><p>Nicaragua's former President Arnoldo Aleman, right, embraces a supporter at the Liberal Constitutionalism Party (PLC) convention in Managua, Sunday July 11, 2010. Aleman was chosen as PLC's presidential candidate for elections in Nov. 2011. Aleman was president from 1997 to 2002. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/17/4520065-brother-of-rebel-leader-arrives-in-nicaraguahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/17/4520065-brother-of-rebel-leader-arrives-in-nicaraguacolombianicaraguadaniel-ortegaworld-newsltnicaraguan-tvThu, 17 Jun 2010 04:59:38 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/30/4227467-nicaragua-opposition-calls-on-oas-to-intervenehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/30/4227467-nicaragua-opposition-calls-on-oas-to-intervenenicaraguaoppositiondaniel-ortegaworld-newsamerican-statesoasltSat, 1 May 2010 02:05:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/14/4159940-nicaragua-opposition-hits-supreme-court-extensionshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/14/4159940-nicaragua-opposition-hits-supreme-court-extensionsnicaraguacourtdisputesupreme-courtdaniel-ortegaworld-newsltliberal-constitutionalistThu, 15 Apr 2010 01:27:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/03/3585255-nicaragua-lawmakers-resist-presidents-re-electionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/03/3585255-nicaragua-lawmakers-resist-presidents-re-electionnicaraguaelectionre-electiondaniel-ortegaworld-newsltFri, 4 Dec 2009 03:05:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3438036-us-envoy-no-apology-for-chiding-nicaragua-courthttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/29/3438036-us-envoy-no-apology-for-chiding-nicaragua-courtnicaraguaelectionrere-electionsupreme-courtunited-statesdaniel-ortegaworld-newsltnicaraguan-congressThu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A university student hits a sign in front of the US embassy in Managua, Nicaragua Wednesday Oct. 29, 2009, during a demostration against the US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Robert Callahan.The students demanded the government of Nicaragua to declare ambassador Callahan "persona non grata" after he criticized a Supreme Court ruling allowing leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election. (AP Photo/Sergio Cruz)</p><p>A university student shoots a homemade mortar launcher as tires burn near the US Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua Wednesday,Oct. 29, 2009, during a demonstration against the U.S. ambassador in Nicaragua, Robert Callahan. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/20/3402107-nicaragua-court-says-ortega-can-seek-re-electionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/20/3402107-nicaragua-court-says-ortega-can-seek-re-electionnicaraguaelectionre-electiondaniel-ortegaworld-newsltTue, 20 Oct 2009 16:11:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega gestures as he delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez offered to share use of his country's new satellite with ALBA's other members, which include Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua, officials said. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)</p><p>Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega wave to journalists upon Ortega's arrival at the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/25/3068230-ortega-says-honduras-may-try-to-provoke-nicaraguahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/25/3068230-ortega-says-honduras-may-try-to-provoke-nicaraguaunited-statesdaniel-ortegahondurasworld-newsmanuel-zelayacouposcar-ariaslthonduras-coupSat, 25 Jul 2009 18:57:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, right, arrives surrounded by supporters at the Nicaragua-Honduras border in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Friday, July 24, 2009. Thousands of Hondurans traveled to the remote border between Honduras and Nicaragua to support Manuel Zelaya's bid to reclaim the presidency from the government that ousted him in a June 28 coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, surrounded by supporters and the press, lifts the chain that divides the border between Nicaragua and Honduras in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Friday, July 24, 2009. Zelaya's supporters flocked to the remote border between Honduras and Nicaragua to support his bid to reclaim the presidency from the government that ousted him in a June 28 coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya sits in front of Honduran soldiers in El Paraiso, Honduras, just opposite the border with Las Manos, Nicaragua, Friday, July 24, 2009. Zelaya's supporters traveled to the remote border between Honduras and Nicaragua to support Zelaya's bid to reclaim the presidency from the government that ousted him in a June 28 coup. 9. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protest in El Paraiso, Honduras, just opposite the border with Las Manos, Nicaragua, Friday, July 24, 2009. Zelaya's supporters traveled to the remote border between Honduras and Nicaragua to support Zelaya's bid to reclaim the presidency from the government that ousted him in a June 28 coup. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya protest in front of Honduran soldiers in El Paraiso, Honduras, just opposite the border with Las Manos, Nicaragua, Friday, July 24, 2009. Zelaya's supporters traveled to the remote border between Honduras and Nicaragua to support Zelaya's bid to reclaim the presidency from the government that ousted him in a June 28 coup. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>With a rose placed by friends on his chest, the body of Pedro Magdiel Muñoz Salvador, 23, a supporter of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya according to fellow supporters present at the scene, lies dead on the side of the road near El Paraiso, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Forensic medics that removed the body from the site said he died of wounds caused by a sharp object. The circumstances of the death were not clear but fellow Zelaya supporters present at the scene, but who did not witness the incident, claimed the man was allegedly killed by soldiers and/or police during the night. Defying a curfew and clashing with security forces who fired tear gas thousands of Hondurans flocked to the border town of El Paraiso Friday to support Zelaya when he briefly crossed few yards into Honduran territory. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>A supporter of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya waves an Honduran flag next to soldiers at a roadblock near El Arenal, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Zelaya, ousted and sent to exile by a military coup last June 28, stood on the edge of his country Friday and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government, before retreating back to Nicaraguan territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Supporters of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya stand in front of riot police and soldiers, not seen, at a roadblock near El Arenal, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Zelaya, ousted and sent to exile by a military coup last June 28, stood on the edge of his country Friday and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government, before retreating back to Nicaraguan territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>A man, who bystanders said was a supporter of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya, lies dead on the side of the road near El Paraiso, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. According to other Zelaya supporters present at the scene, but who did not witness the circumstances of the death, the man was allegedly killed by soldiers and/or police during the night. Defying a curfew and clashing with security forces who fired tear gas thousands of Hondurans flocked to the border town of El Paraiso Friday to support Zelaya when he briefly crossed few yards into Honduran territory. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Xiomara Castro, right, wife of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya stands in front of riot police in El Arenal, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Zelaya, ousted and sent to exile by a military coup last June 28, stood on the edge of his country Friday and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government, before retreating back to Nicaraguan territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Local villagers stand outside their house as riot policemen and soldiers stand guard at road block preventing supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya from approaching the Honduras-Nicaragua border near El Arenal, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Zelaya, ousted and sent to exile by a military coup last June 28, stood on the edge of his country Friday and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government, before retreating back to Nicaraguan territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) </p><p>Supporters of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya stand in front of riot police and soldiers at a roadblock near El Arenal, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Zelaya, ousted and sent to exile by a military coup last June 28, stood on the edge of his country Friday and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government, before retreating back to Nicaraguan territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Supporters of ousted Honduras´ President Manuel Zelaya stand in front of a line of riot police at a roadblock near El Arenal, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Zelaya, ousted and sent to exile by a military coup last June 28, stood on the edge of his country Friday and called on his fellow Hondurans to resist the coup-installed government, before retreating back to Nicaraguan territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>A sign that reads in Spanish 'Welcome to Honduras' is seen in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya greets supporters in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, right, talks to supporters in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A man looks at the body of Pedro Magdiel Muñoz Salvador, 23, a supporter of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, who was found dead at the border town of El Paraiso, in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Forensic medics that removed the body from the site said he died of wounds caused by a sharp object. The circumstances of the death were not clear but fellow Zelaya supporters present at the scene, but who did not witness the incident, claimed the man was allegedly killed by soldiers and/or police during the night. Defying a curfew and clashing with security forces who fired tear gas thousands of Hondurans flocked to the border town of El Paraiso Friday to support Zelaya when he briefly crossed few yards into Honduran territory. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, right, talks to supporters in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya mourn the death of Pedro Magdiel Muñoz Salvador, 23, a fellow supporter of Zelaya who was found dead on the side of the road near El Paraiso, Honduras, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Forensic medics that removed the body from the site said he died of wounds caused by a sharp object. The circumstances of the death were not clear but fellow Zelaya supporters present at the scene, but who did not witness the incident, claimed the man was allegedly killed by soldiers and/or police during the night. Defying a curfew and clashing with security forces who fired tear gas thousands of Hondurans flocked to the border town of El Paraiso Friday to support Zelaya when he briefly crossed few yards into Honduran territory.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, gets into a car as Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, right, looks on in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government that ousted him in last month's coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rests at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government that ousted him in last month's coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Zelaya returned to the Honduran border on Saturday and announced he would set up camp there, despite foreign leaders urging him not to force a confrontation with the government that ousted him in last month's coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya and Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, both wearing white shirts, speak on cell phones in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/ Esteban Felix) </p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center back, talks to supporters in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/ Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya talks to supporters in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/ Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, greets supporters in Las Manos, Nicaragua, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Honduras' coup-installed government has ordered people off the streets along its border with Nicaragua as the ousted President Zelaya prepares to return home. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo) </p><p>Villagers try to pass through a military road blockade in Jacagalpa, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country's interim government, promising to camp out across the border in Nicaragua with his supporters and urging Washington to slap tough sanctions on coup leaders. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Soldiers rest in Las Manos, Honduras, near the borde with Nicaragua, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country's interim government, promising to camp out across the border in Nicaragua with his supporters and urging Washington to slap tough sanctions on coup leaders. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Xiomara Castro, wife of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, talks to a line of police at a military blockade she tried to pass in Jacagalpa, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>A woman walks past a military road blockade in Jacagalpa, Honduras, near the border with Nicaragua Sunday, July 26, 2009. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country's interim government, promising to camp out across the border in Nicaragua with his supporters and urging Washington to slap tough sanctions on coup leaders. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>US turists wait at a military road blockade in Jacagalpa, Honduras, near the border with Nicaragua Sunday, July 26, 2009. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country's interim government, promising to camp out across the border in Nicaragua with his supporters and urging Washington to slap tough sanctions on coup leaders. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya struggle with a man, center in blue shirt, whom they believed to be an undercover police agent during funeral services for Pedro Magdiel Munoz in El Durazno, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. The body of Munoz was found near where protests were taking place Saturday, prompting Zelaya supporters to accuse security forces of killing him. Police officials, however, deny that claim. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>People cover themselves from the rain as they wait to pass through a military road blockade in Jacagalpa, Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sought to increase pressure on his country's interim government, promising to camp out across the border in Nicaragua with his supporters and urging Washington to slap tough sanctions on coup leaders. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya greets people at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border Sunday to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya greets people at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border Sunday to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, right, greets people at a shelter in Ocotal, near Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Sunday, July 26, 2009. Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border Sunday to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A boy rides a bicycle as a soldier stands guard in El Paraiso, Honduras' border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotan, a mountain town in Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>A soldier sleeps in El Paraiso, Honduras' border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotan, a mountain town in Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya line up for food in El Paraiso, Honduras' border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotan, a mountain town in Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya line up for food in El Paraiso, Honduras' border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotan, a mountain town in Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>A police officer checks a vehicle in El Paraiso, Honduras' border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotan, a mountain town in Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya threatens to throw a rock at a car during a road blockade in Tegucigalpa, Monday, July 27, 2009. Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya holds a stick during a road blockade in Tegucigalpa, Monday, July 27, 2009. Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua,near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya block a road with stones in Tegucigalpa, Monday, July 27, 2009. Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya holds a poster of Zelaya during a road blockade in Tegucigalpa, Monday, July 27, 2009. Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Riot police stand guard in a road as supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya block a road in Tegucigalpa, Monday, July 27, 2009. Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya wake up at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Zelaya says he has settled in for the long haul at the impromptu headquarters of his government-in-exile in Ocotal. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rests at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Zelaya says he has settled in for the long haul at the impromptu headquarters of his government-in-exile in Ocotal. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Zelaya says he has settled in for the long haul at the impromptu headquarters of his government-in-exile in Ocotal. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya sits under an umbrella as tires burn during a road blockade in Tegucigalpa, Monday July 27, 2009. Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Honduran soldiers stand guard in Las Manos, Honduras, near the border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p><p>Honduran soldiers stand guard in Las Manos, Honduras, near the border with Nicaragua, Monday, July 27, 2009. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has encamped his roving government-in-exile in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup last month. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Zelaya says he has settled in for the long haul at the impromptu headquarters of his government-in-exile in Ocotal. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya burn tires as they demonstrate in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four officials in Honduras' coup-installed government, stepping up pressure on interim leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president. Zelaya was ousted in a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua's border with Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Zelaya says he has settled in for the long haul at the impromptu headquarters of his government-in-exile in Ocotal. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, left, speaks on the phone on Las Colinas farm in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four officials in Honduras' coup-installed government, stepping up pressure on interim leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president. Zelaya was ousted in a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya demonstrates as tires burn at a protest in Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four officials in Honduras' coup-installed government, stepping up pressure on interim leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president. Zelaya was ousted in a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Supporters of the Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya gesture before returning to Honduras in a bus after meeting with Zelaya in Ocotal, Nicaragua near the border with Honduras, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Zelaya has set up his government-in-exile near the Honduran border to launch his return to power after a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduran riot police stand guard as a tire burns during a march by supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The U.S. government has turned up the pressure on the interim government of Honduras to accept the return of exiled President Manuel Zelaya, suspending the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials a month after a military coup. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya wearing a mask stay front a riot police line during a demonstration in Tegucigalpa, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The U.S. government has turned up the pressure on the interim government of Honduras to accept the return of exiled President Manuel Zelaya, suspending the diplomatic visas of four Honduran officials a month after a military coup.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, greets supporters during a press conference at a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Zelaya has set up his government-in-exile near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after being ousted in a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, embraces a supporter in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Las Manos, Honduras, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The U.S. government said Tuesday it has revoked the diplomatic visas of four officials in Honduras' coup-installed government, stepping up pressure on interim leaders who insist they can resist international demands to restore the ousted president. Zelaya was ousted in a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) </p><p>A man participating in a rally in support of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya lies injured on the ground after being shot in the head in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. The man was shot by someone in a nearby building while police were firing in the air, according to witnesses. The man's condition is unknown. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 in a coup. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Riot police carry their shields during a protest by supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Zelaya was removed from power by a coup on June 28.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Riot police pass an overturned car during a protest by supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Zelaya was removed from power by a coup on June 28.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Men stand among tear gas during a protest by supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. A protestor was shot in the head during the demonstration by an unknown gunman. Zelaya was removed from power by a coup on June 28.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Honduras riot police stand next to burning tires during a protest by supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. A protestor was shot in the head during the demonstration by an unknown gunman. Zelaya was removed from power by a coup on June 28.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>A man participating in a rally in support of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya lies injured on the ground after being shot in the head in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. The man was shot by someone in a nearby building while police were firing in the air, according to witnesses. The man's condition is unknown. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 in a coup. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>A man participating in a rally in support of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya is carried away after being shot in the head in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, July 30, 2009. The man was shot by someone in a nearby building while police were firing in the air, according to witnesses. The man's condition is unknown. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 in a coup. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)</p><p>Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, third from left, the wife of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, speaks at El Paraiso, Honduras, Thursday, July 30, 2009. As the negotiations drag on, Manuel Zelaya has ensconced his government-in-exile in the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, near the Honduran border, along with hundreds of supporters camped out in shelters .(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, listens during a news conference in Managua, Thursday, July 30, 2009. As the negotiations drag on, Zelaya has ensconced his government-in-exile in the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, near the Honduran border, along with hundreds of supporters camped out in shelters. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p><p>A member of the Honduras' national police inspects a bus at El Paraiso, Honduras Thursday, July 30, 2009. As the negotiations drag on, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has ensconced his government-in-exile in the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, near the Honduran border, along with hundreds of supporters camped out in shelters. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, prays before a news conference in Managua, Thursday, July 30, 2009. As the negotiations drag on, Zelaya has ensconced his government-in-exile in the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, near the Honduran border, along with hundreds of supporters camped out in shelters. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p><p>A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya writes on a bus window from the inside that reads in Spanish "Who said fear, long live the revolution" before returning to Honduras from Ocotal, Nicaragua, Friday, July 31, 2009. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 by a coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>A Unicef representative enters a shelter where supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya are based in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, Friday, July 31, 2009. Zelaya was removed from power on June 28 by a coup. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya rest in a shelter in Ocotal, Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, Friday, July 31, 2009. Zelaya has set up his government-in-exile near the Honduran border, to launch his return to power after a coup on June 28. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, listens during a news conference in Managua, Thursday, July 30, 2009. As the negotiations drag on, Zelaya has ensconced his government-in-exile in the Nicaraguan town of Ocotal, near the Honduran border, along with hundreds of supporters camped out in shelters. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)</p>