Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo

Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo (born 17 October 1981) is a Nicaraguan oligarch, businessman and rock musician, son of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. He is the owner of the state advertising agency Difuso Comunicaciones, two radio stations (Radio 1 and Rock FM) and two television channels (TN8 and La Rock 22).

Biography Juan Carlos Ortega was born to the presidential couple on October 17, 1981. In his childhood, he had problems speaking, which caused him to receive help from a specialist. He was raised by Alicia Romero, alongside some of his brothers and sisters (Daniel Edmundo, Laureano y Carlos Enrique) because his parents were occupied with their political life. He followed some of his father's visits to the United States to take part in UN general assemblies. Since his childhood, he had had a strong ideological connection to the FSLN, unlike the rest of the Ortega-Murillo children, to an extent that the whole family believed that the defeat of the party in the 1990 elections was a "war". After this, Rosario Murillo started raising Juan Carlos again and ordered him to build a music studio at home, which offered piano, guitar and drum classes, among other instruments.

He was involved in the production of Drunk Wedding, partly financed by INTUR, since 2011, as a cameraman. INTUR spent US$400,000 in its production as a means to boost tourism to Nicaragua. The promotion of the movie by the Sandinist government did not coincide with how Paramount promoted it, and the release did not match the expectations.

The US Department of Treasury sanctioned Juan Carlos Ortega on July 17, 2020.

Musical career Juan Carlos Ortega founded Nicaraguan rock band Ciclo in the 1990s. The band performed in bars in Managua and in other departments. In his gatherings with band members, there were no political references, only discussions about their favorite bands. and began aligning it with his interests. A second television station in the name of Difuso Comunicaciones was awarded in 2015, Difuso 22, but was suspended in the wake of his US sanction. Months later, it returned under a new name, La Rock 22.

Personal life Personal interests of him include, according to a December 2024 analysis of his X tweets from 2018 to 2024, dogs, the beach, Che Guevara, The Simpsons, anime (especially One Piece) and other pop culture interests, a sharp contrast from his father's ideas. The most active days on his X account were the period between March 5 and 11, 2024, which included the public announcement of the death of Akira Toriyama, which he said, in two separate tweets, that "without Akira Toriyama, the world would be a whole lot greyer", and that "without Akira Toriyama, there would be no One Piece phenomenon". He is also known for his cooking skills

Juan Carlos prefers American cultural products, his three go-to streaming platforms are Netflix, Max and Disney+. His favorite television series and movie franchises include BoJack Horseman, How I Met Your Mother, Mafalda, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park, Saint Seiya, Futurama, Back to the Future, Bridesmaids, Adventure Time, The Sopranos, The Office, Star Wars, Batman, Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, Breaking Bad and Looney Tunes. The two gave birth to a child, Juan Carlos Adrián, in February 2024, and held a baby shower event for him on February 16. Juan Carlos did not appear in the photos.