Daniel Ortega

Daniel Ortega

male, 64 years old
President of Nicaragua, leader of FSLN, nicaraguan, Christian, Cold War leader, military dictatorship
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra is the current President of Nicaragua. For much of his life, he has been an important leader in the Sandinista N...

Rubén Darío

male, deceased (1916)
writer, Spanish-language poet, nicaragua, poet, nicaraguan, modernismo
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento was a Nicaraguan poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Rubén Darío. His poetry brought vigor to the stale, monot...
Gary Webb

Gary Webb

male, deceased (2004)
Gerald Loeb Award recipient, suicide by firearm in the United States, cia, suicide by firearm, central intelligence agency, journalist…nicaraguan
Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 - December 10, 2004) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist, best known for his 1996 "Dark...
Violeta Chamorro

Violeta Chamorro

female, 80 years old
Roman Catholic, heads of government, Heads of state, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, woman head of government, politician…nicaraguan
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (born October 18, 1929) is a Nicaraguan political leader and publisher. She was the forty-eighth President of Nicaragua...
Eduardo Montealegre

Eduardo Montealegre

male, 54 years old
Harvard University, Constitutional Liberal Party, National Assembly of Nicaragua, Conservative Party of Nicaragua, National Assembly, Finance minister…nicaraguan, Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance
Eduardo Montealegre (born in Managua, May 9, 1955) is a Nicaraguan politician. He ran for president in the 2006 general election as the candidate...
Anastasio Somoza Debayle

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

male, deceased (1980)
Roman Catholic, West Point graduate, national guard, President of Nicaragua, nicaraguan, somoza…Assassinated Nicaraguan politician
Anastasio ("Tachito") Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 - September 17, 1980) was officially the forty-fourth and forty-fifth President of Nicaragua...
Ernesto Cardenal

Ernesto Cardenal

male, 84 years old
Roman Catholic priest, Hispanic theologian, sandinista, nicaraguan, Sandinista National Liberation Front, theology…Nicaraguan Revolution
Ernesto Cardenal Martínez is a Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinista Regime, which he l...
Ricardo Mayorga

Ricardo Mayorga

male, 36 years old
"El Matador", junior middleweight, World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association, light middleweight, managua…nicaraguan
Ricardo Mayorga (born October 3, 1973 in Managua, Nicaragua), He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC Junior Middleweight...
Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Fonseca

male, deceased (1976)
revolutionary, nicaragua, nicaraguan, Sandinista National Liberation Front
Carlos Fonseca Amador (June 23 1936-November 7 1976), was a Nicaraguan teacher and founder of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)....
Gioconda Belli

Gioconda Belli

female, 60 years old
poet, The Inhabited Woman, El país bajo mi piel, Sofía de los Presagios, Waslala, Memorial del Futuro, El Pergamino de la Seducción…nicaraguan
Gioconda Belli (born December 9,1948 in Managua) is an author, novelist and also a renowned Nicaraguan poet who was designated amongst the 100 most...