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Nicaragua's Telica volcano started celebrating a day early. With a series of impressive explosions, the 1,090 meter volcano began spewing gas and ash at about 3 p.m. on Nov. 9, but the inauguration of Daniel Ortega as president was not scheduled to go off until Nov. 10. Telica belches raw power from time to time, but Ortega has not governed since 1990, when he lost a re-election bid after having led the country for 11 years. The inauguration was the Sandinista's reward for three successive tries for the office. It was a remarkable comeback (see NotiCen, 2006-11-09).
Ortega's path to victory was marked by a series of radical reconciliations. As leader of the Frente Sandinista para la Liberacion Nacional (FSLN), he reconciled with archrival ex-President Arnoldo Aleman (1997-2002) of the Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC) a couple of elections ago to form a coalition in the legislature that held outgoing President Enrique Bolanos (2002-2007) nearly powerless for most of his presidency. Ortega reconciled with Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, leader of the Catholic Church...
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