Word: ortega
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been turned over in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, on Wednesday to Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) who discussed the Hasenfus case with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega the previous...
...Ortega told reporters before Hasenfus was released that the pardon also would be a birthday gift for Hasenfus' son Adam. The Hasenfuses also have a daughter, Sarah, 12, and another son, Eugene...
...this be a reminder to President Reagan that there are children here that must have birthdays without the threat of death and mutilation," Ortega said...
...Ortega's request, the Nicaraguan National Assembly voted to pardon Hasenfus, a process that took only a few hours from the time it was first announced by the Nicaraguan government radio station...
...that he be pardoned, and there was no quid pro quo for his release," he said. "Mr. Hasenfus' situation was a small part of my conversation with Ortega, perhaps 15 minutes of a 4-and-a-half-hour conversation...