Word: ortega
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...Ortega said he would talk about his decision today. His spokesperson said the Nicaraguan president had decided to end the 20-month ceasefire because of stepped-up attacks by the rebels against government troops...
...Word of Ortega's decision spread throughout the delegations as the leaders turned their attention from closed-door diplomacy to an evening of dining and socializing. The two-day Costa Rican conference ends today with the dedication of a plaza marking 100 years of democratic government...
After meeting with Bush earlier, Ortega had told reporters, "I told President Bush that my government supports the electoral process and that we are working for peace in Nicaragua...
...Bush and Ortega traded barbed comments from afar before the face-to-face meeting, and the president made a point of giving Nicaraguan opposition candidate Violeta Chamorro a kiss when they met. She was an invited guest at Arias' diplomatic conference, and Bush was holding a coffee for her and Panamanian political figure Guillermo Endera today to underscore his opposition to the two governments they are battling...
...part, Ortega said Bush was "always trying to trample on Nicaragua...