Daniel Ortega – President of Nicaragua
Ask a Tory nowadays who his or her favourite band is, and if they’ve been properly briefed they’ll mention some tedious act like The Jam or The Clash. That’s right, The Clash, who in 1980 released an album named Sandinista! after the Socialist Party of Nicaragua. But nowadays there are even digital agencies specialising in children’s entertainment named after Clash songs, so any revolutionary kudos the band may have had has been well and truly neutralised.
I mention this because today’s World Leader in Underpants is none other than leader of the Sandinistas, Daniel Ortega. It may come as a surprise to discover that Ronald Reagan’s Central American nemesis is president of the Republic of Nicaragua in 2011, but this is, in fact, his second term following 17 years out of office.
Thus it is that Daniel Ortega drops his combat trousers and joins the other Heads of State here. We sincerely hope that they’ll all get along. Sooner or later, Cameron will amble in and they can swap stories about their favourite pseudo-Marxist British pop acts.
