Daniel Ortega will assume office as president of Nicaragua Tuesday for his third consecutive term as head of the Central American nation, this time along with his wife Rosario Murillo elected vice president. The 71-year-old Ortega and his running mate Murillo won 72.5 percent of the vote in the general elections in November, with the second-place candidate trailing far behind at only 14.2 percent.
Nicaraguans gather at the Revolution Square every July 19 to celebrate the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution that toppled the dictatorship of the U.S.-backed Somoza dynasty in 1979.
— source telesurtv.net