Nicaraguan leader seeks meeting with Pope

May 26, 2015

The apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua has confirmed that President Daniel Ortega has requested a meeting with Pope Francis, according to a Nicaraguan newspaper report.

Ortega, a leader of the Marxist Sandinistas who overthrew the authoritarian regime of Gen. Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ruled Nicaragua from the 1979 Sandinista takeover until his loss in the 1990 presidential election. Ortega won the presidential elections of 2006 and 2011, and agreed to a request to meet with the nation’s bishops only in 2014.

 

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Further information:

• Daniel Ortega quiere visitar al papa (La Prensa)
• Nicaragua’s bishops meet with Ortega, outline concerns about nation’s direction (CWN, 5/23/14)