Former President Ortega bids for power in election

Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is seeking to regain power in elections tomorrow, having recast himself as liberty-loving moderate who seeks normal ties with the United States.

It is two decades since US President Ronald Reagan set in motion a plan to create a Nicaraguan rebel group to take up arms against Ortega and his pro-Cuba Sandinista front. Nearly 10 years of strife ended with his ousting in free elections in 1990.