Politics● Elevated50m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 7:00 AM
Amid rumors about his health, Ortega approaches two decades leading the dictatorship built to perpetuate himself in Nicaragua
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The Nicaraguan ruler turned 81 this week and is approaching 20 uninterrupted years in power, a permanence that no other active head of state in the Americas achieves.
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