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Ortega's House

NPR's David Welna reports from Managua that one of the big issues in tomorrow's presidential elections in Nicaragua is land confiscation. The Sandanista regime seized a considerable amount of private property when it was in power in the 1980's, and many of those who lost property are demanding it back. Former Sandanista leader Daniel Ortega, who's running in tomorrow's election, is himself living in a confiscated villa.

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