Nicaraguan
Britishadjective
noun
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Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega was voted out in 1990 after a decade of sanctions that pummeled the economy, though he later returned to power and remains in charge today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Rubio added that the Nicaraguan leader and his wife, Rosario Murillo, whom Ortega named as his "co-president" in February 2025, had "abandoned even the pretense of popular consent".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Exiled Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli said on Wednesday that the government censored the publication of her latest novel in her home country because it is "afraid" to hear the truth.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
The son of a Nicaraguan diplomat, he set Good Boys in a world he knew well: a posh suburb of Washington, D.C., and an elite high school he called St. Joseph’s Preparatory School for Boys.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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