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...first success, we have no idea when, or how, will end. And, in closing, it may be worth noting that the only two governments in recent memory that might, indeed, have asked their poets for a war poem at such a time--namely, Salvadore Allende's Chile and Daniel Ortega's Nicaragua--were brought down by the government that is now, with the consent of Congress, asking men, women and children to die in the Persian Gulf...

Author: By Michael Blumenthal, | Title: No One Asked the Poets | 2/1/1991 | See Source »

After saying "We cannot be on the sidelines at a time when world peace is in jeopardy," ex-Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega arrived in Iraq last week. Daniel Ortega? Come to think of it, a lot of world players have been jumping off the bench and showing up at midfield Baghdad. Among those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Road to Baghdad | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...Florida, Nicaraguan exiles are urging their countrymen to boycott the new air carrier. "They have stolen money that was supposed to go to the Nicaraguan people," protested Francisco Ortega, president of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce in Miami. It may prove difficult for this example of Sandinista enterprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Sandinistas Wing It | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

...color photo displays Fisher in the company of Oscar Arias, the Nobel laureate and president of Costa Rica, and the flip side shows nearly a mirror image, only this time Fisher is with the president of Guatemala. Turn to a nearby print, and you'll see Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is fixing you a stare...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: Out of the Classroom and Into the Fire | 9/27/1990 | See Source »

...government actually wield? Not much, according to State Department officials, who believe that the ousted Sandinistas still run the country. "The civilians hold the offices, but the Sandinistas have all of the muscle, and they monitor phone calls at will," says a U.S. diplomat just back from Nicaragua. Humberto Ortega, brother of the ex-President and Chamorro's army chief, earns grudging American respect as the most politically adroit figure in the country. Chamorro gets a harsh assessment. "Even her friends call her 'Rag Doll,' " says the U.S. official. "She's basically apolitical and wants Nicaragua...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She Just Can't Get Any Respect | 8/20/1990 | See Source »

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