Daniel Ortega sworn in for 3rd term as Nicaragua’s president
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Daniel Ortega was sworn in for another term as Nicaragua’s president Tuesday while his wife, Rosario Murillo, became the new vice-president, giving a married couple the reins of power for the first time in the Central American country’s history.
Ortega, a 71-year-old former Sandinista guerrilla fighter, took the oath in Managua with the presidents of Venezuela, Bolivia and Taiwan in attendance.
He let his wife speak first.
“I want to say to Nicaraguan women, here we are, we are going forward together and we have the future ahead of us winning the spaces that we deserve,” Murillo said.