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Ortega was born in 1945 in La Libertad, Nicaragua. Since adolescence Ortega has considered Sadino and Jesus to be his heroes. Nicaragua was ruled by a corrupt US backed dynasty called the Samozas. Ortega lived through brutal oppression by police who used to beat up people and send them to prison for simply playing baseball. In 1963 he joined the FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional) and became so successful that he was made head of urban resistance. He s