The Sandinista leader was Daniel Ortega, a six-letter name. He was the leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990 and again from 2007 to the present. He was a key figure in the Nicaraguan Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979. Ortega has been a controversial figure due to his authoritarian rule and his close ties to Cuba and Venezuela.