The late speaker, Rene Nuñez Tellez, left and President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, right. Picture by El-19 Digital
By Baron Henri Estramant .
Managua, 10 September 2016: Nicaragua’s First Lady Rosario Murillo confirmed for national television that the country’s National Assembly Speaker, Ing. René Nuñez Téllez, passed away in Costa Rica on the night from Friday to Saturday after a long lung illness.
Núñez Téllez was deemed a hero of the Sandinist revolution in Nicaragua. Three days of national mourning have been decreed by President Ortega. The speaker’s body was summarily repatriated to Managua, and is now lying in state at the house of parliament.
René Núñez Téllez served as speaker since 2007. His demise comes only a few weeks after the presidential couple declared their intention to run jointly for the presidency (incumbent President Daniel Ortega) and the vice-presidency (First Lady Rosario Murillo).
For more information:
National Assembly of Nicaragua: http://www.asamblea.gob.ni
Presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua: http://www.presidencia.gob.ni
