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Ortega Saavedra

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[awr-te-gah sah-ah-ve-thrah] / ɔrˈtɛ gɑ ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ ðrɑ /

noun

  1. (José) Daniel born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.


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It is not true that Ronald Reagan and Daniel Ortega Saavedra have nothing in common.

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Daniel Ortega Saavedra hit the road at 5 a.m., bound for the northwestern city of Ocotal, where several thousand supporters awaited him.

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She faced down demands that Defense Minister Humberto Ortega Saavedra, Daniel's brother, keep his post as army commander.

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But as he went to Stockholm to accept it in mid-December, he received the unsettling news that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra had announced plans for a large military buildup.

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If the U.S. diplomatic maneuvers looked a bit flat-footed, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra seemed to execute several deft pirouettes.

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