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Page last updated at 04:04 GMT, Monday, 20 July 2009 05:04 UK

Nicaraguan president wants another term

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The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has marked the 30th anniversary of the leftist Sandinista revolution by saying he wants to change the constitution to allow him to stand for another term in office.

He told thousands of supporters who had gathered to celebrate the event that he intended to hold a referendum to change the law.

Stephen Gibbs reports.

READ MORE: Nicaragua's revolutionary legacy

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