Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has named
his wife as his running mate and candidate for
vice-president as he seeks re-election for a third
term.
First Lady Rosario Murillo already has a prominent
role as the chief government spokeswoman and is
widely seen as sharing power with her husband.
She appears on Nicaraguan television almost every
day.
Critics accuse the first couple of running Nicaragua -
which has elections in November - like a personal
fiefdom.
While President Ortega rarely speaks to the media,
his wife is regularly seen on TV discussing policy and
promoting her own brand of New Age spirituality.
Mother of the president's seven children, she is
fluent in English and French in addition to being a
renowned poet.
She also has a reputation for wearing colourfully
extravagant outfits and jewellery more commonly
seen in the hippy 1960s.
Correspondents say many Nicaraguans see Ms
Murillo as wielding the most power in her country
because of her higher public profile.
Husband and wife officially submitted their candidacy
papers in the capital Managua, accompanied by the
legal adviser of their Sandinista party.
Hundreds of Sandinista supporters cheered the
couple when they left the building.
But opposition supporters are concerned her
promotion may herald the rise of a new family
dynasty in the impoverished Central American
nation.
Mr Ortega, 70, is a former left-wing guerrilla who led
a successful revolution against the dictatorship of the
Somoza family, who ruled Nicaragua for four
decades.
The Cuban-inspired Sandinistas seized power in 1979.
The party lost elections in the 1990s, but Mr Ortega
returned to power in January 2007, after a successful
election campaign.





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Democrazy Govt of the people for the people by the people

The Guy get focus

Family business nawaooo 4 pple o.

I thought it was an African country like Zimbabwe or so but I was disappointed to see an unknown central American country being mentioned.

naira

not a big thing , nairalanders will be quick in condemning dz, Is aisha buhari not the defacto vp in ng?
mariam babangida was equally powerful and unofficial vp
mariam abacha was equally the defacto vp
Stella obasanjo was not left out

in all the 36 states in Nigeria today, all the 1st ladies are the defacto deputy governors.
we are quick to condemn the Nicaragua couples but we are the most repressed people on earth.
It also extend to the churches, We now have daddy and mummy GOs.

Power in action.
Give a man access to Power for a long time then he becomes corrupted.

Power sweet o......When dem win now their daughter go be senate president....lol

Next in line to dis is my one n only nigga....................... Robert Mugabe......the baddest of all time

herzern:
Thanks to airtel free basics

lol....na brokrness cause am.......iREP Airtel Freebasics

xprezboy:
not a big thing , nairalanders will be quick in condemning dz, Is aisha buhari not the defacto vp in ng?
mariam babangida was equally powerful and unofficial vp
mariam abacha was equally the defacto vp
Stella obasanjo was not left out

in all the 36 states in Nigeria today, all the 1st ladies are the defacto deputy governors.
we are quick to condemn the Nicaragua couples but we are the most repressed people on earth.
It also extend to the churches, We now have daddy and mummy GOs.

lol......I no believe Aisha own o.....but na true when it comes to churches sha...if u r a pastor,,ur wife will automatically becomes a pastor too....I don't know whether bible knowledge is sexually transmitted o

xprezboy:
not a big thing , nairalanders will be quick in condemning dz, Is aisha buhari not the defacto vp in ng?
mariam babangida was equally powerful and unofficial vp
mariam abacha was equally the defacto vp
Stella obasanjo was not left out

in all the 36 states in Nigeria today, all the 1st ladies are the defacto deputy governors.
we are quick to condemn the Nicaragua couples but we are the most repressed people on earth.
It also extend to the churches, We now have daddy and mummy GOs.

true talk