Nicaragua: Ortega Back in Power
Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega is due to return the presidency Wednesday amid large expectations and strong security measures, with the presence of 15 heads of States at his swearing-in ceremony.

His return to power with the Sandinista National Liberation Front, which 27 years ago defeated a bloody and dynastic dictatorship, is today a historic event.

Things are not the same as when Ortega led the Central American country between 1979 and 1990, first as coordinator of the Sandinista government and then as elected president.

At that time, Ortega had to face a dirty war financed by the US, which in addition to destroying the country"s economy and causing tens of thousands deaths, created enormous divisions among Nicaraguans.

Seventeen years later, from the economic point of view, Nicaragua is not much better than when the Sandinista leader relinquished power to Violeta de Chamorro in 1990.