Word: alemán
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...Popularity? Not really; Alem?n consistently polls as the least popular public figure in Nicaragua...
...Clean bill of health? Not exactly. At 61, Alem?n is obese and reportedly in frail health, suffering from ten different chronic illnesses...
...none of that seems to deter Alem?n's revived presidential ambitions, nor does he appear too concerned about the legal provision that prevents prison inmates from running for office. Instead, Alem?n is out on the road campaigning in old form, with more optimism than Orphan Annie, more money than Daddy Warbucks, more jolliness than Santa Clause and a political charisma that - pound for pound - rivals Bill Clinton. And in Nicaragua, that combination trumps reality...
...Alem?n out on the campaign trail, kissing old women on the forehead, mussing the hair of young boys, giving thunderous speeches and blowing his signature two-handed kiss with a Cheshire Cat smile, it's easy to forget that he is, technically, still a prisoner. Alem?n, too, has a hard time remembering...
...have never felt like a prisoner and I never will," Alem?n bellowed during a recent campaign stop in Granada...