Daniel Ortega
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Politics
Nicaragua Votes on Nothing as Ortega Buries the Ballot Box
Daniel Ortega’s threat to end meaningful elections in Nicaragua completes a long democratic demolition, built through court rulings, jailed challengers,…
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ANALYSIS
Nicaragua Buries the Ballot and Deepens Its Dangerous Geopolitical Isolation
Daniel Ortega’s declaration that Nicaragua will hold no more competitive elections transforms authoritarian drift into permanent rule, threatening the country’s…
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Central America Diplomacy Test Exposes Costa Rica’s Ortega Blind Spot
Costa Rica President Laura Fernández's remarks on Nicaragua ignited a regional debate over democracy, migration, and diplomatic pragmatism, revealing how…
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AMERICAS
Nicaragua Mothers Keep Score as Ortega’s Silence Outlives the Mother’s Day Massacre
Eight years after Nicaragua's Mother's Day Massacre, exiled families in Costa Rica still carry names, photographs, and unanswered grief, turning…
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ANALYSIS
Why Trump Spares Nicaragua’s Ortega — Murillo the Drug Cooperation Factor
Nicaragua has two co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, and a reputation that once placed it in Washington's "tyranny" file.…
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Eighty and Entrenched: Daniel Ortega’s Bunker Birthday and the Nicaraguan Autocracy Time Built
Daniel Ortega turned 80 on November 11, and the celebratory hashtags sounded like a succession rehearsal. His long rule was…
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LIFE
Nicaragua’s Pioneer Stateswoman Who Beat Ortega and Sought Harmony
When Violeta Barrios de Chamorro stunned the hemisphere in 1990 by unseating the Sandinista revolution, many Nicaraguans saw only a…
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ANALYSIS
Nicaragua's Constitutional Overhaul Brutally Crushes Freedoms and Democracy
Nicaragua's newly revised Constitution represents a dangerous lurch toward authoritarian governance, centralizing power in the hands of President Daniel Ortega…
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Banishment, the Anachronistic Practice that Daniel Ortega is Employing
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega recently banished several opponents. An almost forgotten measure in the region is brought into the 21st…
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Nicaragua: This Is the Eccentric Restriction of Daniel Ortega to Stay in Power
Recently, the government of Daniel Ortega has restricted the use of audio and video equipment by tourists in order to…
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