Daniel Ortega
sworn in as
President of Nicaragua
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Ramiro Valdés heads the Cuban
delegation
MANAGUA, January 10.—A new chapter
in Nicaragua’s history opened here today in
Managua’s Plaza de la Revolución which witnessed the
triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution in
1979, when reelected President Daniel Ortega was
sworn in for a second five year term (2012-2017), in
the presence of international diplomatic delegations.
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Ortega
accepts the presidential sash in
Managua’s Plaza de la Revolución.
Photo: Reuters |
General (ret) Omar Halleslevens was
likewise sworn in as Vice President of the Republic.
Comandante de la Revolución Ramiro
Valdés Menéndez, Vice President of Cuba, who headed
the Cuban delegation to the ceremony, noted that
Ortega’s reelection is a victory for Latin American
and Caribbean peoples, and is a valuable event in
the context of region al integration.
For us Cubans, he said in an
interview with PL, Daniel and the Sandinista
movement are closely bound to our Revolution in the
historic link of fighting for justice and national
independence.
"Nicaragua has never failed to
support us in battles against the blockade
maintained by successive U.S. administrations, nor
in its backing for the struggle to liberate the (Cuban)
Five" he affirmed.
This Tuesday the Vice President had
a "brotherly conversation" with the legendary
Sandinista Comandante Tomás Borge, currently
Nicaraguan ambassador in Peru, during a meeting with
Cuban diplomats and internationalist personnel in
the country’s embassy here.
Members of the Cuban cooperative
missions gave details of their work in the context
of medical training, treating Nicaraguan patients in
hospitals and in the community, and ophthalmological
operations.
