NICARAGUA'S PRESIDENT ORTEGA MEETS HIS IRANIAN COUNTERPART MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks to media during a welcoming ceremony after arriving at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran on June 10, 2007. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won support from Latin America's left-wing populist leaders in Venezuela and Nicaragua as he set off for talks in Havana with Cuban President Raul Castro and conclusive meetings in Ecuador.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. lawmaker lashed out of the White House for doing little to curb the rise of dictatorship in Latin America and regional alliances with Iran.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Washington is a dangerous imperialist that must be stopped, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said -- while Iran's visiting president said he loved Americans.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The State Department booted a Venezuelan consul general over an alleged plot among Venezuela Iran and Cuba diplomats to start a cyberattack against Washington.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega breezed to re-election, results showed Monday, but his closest challenger said the election was fraudulent.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Polls had incumbent Daniel Ortega favored as Nicaraguans went to vote for president Sunday, observers said.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Polls ahead of this weekend's election in Nicaragua suggest President Daniel Ortega is headed for re-election, electoral analysts say.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Nicaragua used his position to undermine President Daniel Ortega, leaked diplomatic cables show.
MIAMI, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Nicaraguan Web sites have posted recent photos of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in a "companion wheelchair" while holding meetings in Havana.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 19 (UPI) -- Nicaragua Sunday reached the 30th anniversary of its Sandinista Revolution, when leftist rebels overthrew the Somoza dictatorship, The Miami Herald reported.
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