Nicaragua’s congress announces ‘work plan’ to suspend elections

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Nicaragua's congress, dominated by President Daniel Ortega, has announced a work plan to suspend elections, effectively institutionalizing authoritarian rule. This move has drawn strong condemnation from the UN and US, amid concern over democratic backsliding.

US secretary of state says international community should ‘join forces’ against authoritarian Ortega regime Nicaragua’s congress, controlled by the country’s long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has announced a “work plan” to implement the authoritarian leader’s order that the country should no longer hold elections. The UN and the US strongly condemned Sunday’s announcement by Ortega, who has been in power since 2007 and, after a controversial constitutional change last year, now governs alongside his wife, Rosario Murillo, as “co-president”. Continue reading...