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    Protesters in Nicaragua demand Ortega's ouster as he denounces 'armed conspiracy'

    by Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times Jul 22, 2018 3 minutes

    MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Last week, after security forces moved against anti-government demonstrators, President Daniel Ortega declared victory against an opposition determined to end his more than decade-long tenure as leader of this Central American nation.

    "They thought we were defeated, simply because we had patience," Ortega said July 19, the 39th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution that overthrew the U.S.-backed Somoza family dictatorship. "But a moment arrived when we said ... 'This is enough!

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