Sixteen years after falling from power, Daniel Ortega, the former Marxist revolutionary who battled US-backed rebel forces in Nicaragua throughout the 1980s, appeared to emerge victorious in Sunday's presidential election, according to preliminary results and quick counts by two of the country's respected observer groups.

Sandanista!

Ollie North went down there to campaign for the guy the Bushies supported. It seems the Nicaraguans have long memories.