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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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When Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra visited Los Angeles last fall, the group welcomed him with receptions and a Beverly Hills garden party.

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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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Several days earlier, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra pardoned 16 Central Americans, none of them Nicaraguans, who had been imprisoned for rebel activity.

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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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Administration officials were publicly gracious to outgoing President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, careful to praise his commitment to fair elections and his apparent reasonableness -- so far -- in defeat.

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