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Rubio urges US allies to isolate Nicaragua's 'brutal dictatorship' after vote to ban opposition parties

Ortega hit back at Washington dismissing US pressure while the reform - which also extends presidential terms to seven years - still requires a second legislative vote before taking effect in January.

Euronews

Mexico Sits Out as the OAS Moves to Confront Ortega Over Nicaragua's Vanishing Elections

Mexico sat out an OAS vote for emergency Nicaragua talks, breaking from a 29-1 hemispheric consensus and its own nonintervention doctrine.

Latin Times

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

US secretary of state says international community should ‘join forces’ against authoritarian Ortega regime

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Nicaragua's Regime Drops the Pretense of Democracy

After years of rigged elections and political repression, President Daniel Ortega says Nicaraguans will no longer vote at all.

Reason

Nicaragua's President Had Already Been Perpetuating Himself In Power. He Now Announced There Will 'Never" Be Another Election

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said he was abolishing elections in the country, ending any pretense of democracy.

International Business Times

Nicaragua’s president says country will not hold any more elections

Daniel Ortega, the 80-year-old authoritarian leader, says move will ‘build a wall’ against the opposition

The Guardian - UK

Nicaragua strips lawyers from practicing in ongoing crackdown on dissent

Nicaragua's government has stripped many lawyers of their licenses to practice, according to a United Nations expert

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The Death of an Imprisoned Activist Has Triggered U.S. Sanctions Against 100 Nicaraguans: Who Was Brooklyn Rivera?

Brooklyn Rivera's death in government custody last month drew international condemnation, with his daughter saying that the Ortega regime blocked an independent autopsy

Latin Times

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Reappears and Calls Trump "Unhinged" After U.S. Sanctions on His Sons

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega resurfaced this week after nearly two months out of public view and used the moment to launch a fresh verbal attack on President Donald Trump, calling him mentally unfit after Washington imposed new sanctions on two of Ortega's sons and other figures tied to the country's…

Latin Times

Is Nicaragua Next? Marco Rubio's New Sanctions on a Senior Ortega Regime Official Signal a Broader Push After Venezuela and Cuba

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has opened a new front in the Trump administration's escalating pressure campaign across Latin America, announcing fresh sanctions against a senior official in the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. The move signals that Nicaragua is no longer a secondary concern but part of…

Latin Times

Reform treasurer ‘met sanctioned individuals’ on recent trip

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The Independent UK

Reform treasurer ‘met sanctioned individuals on Nicaragua trip’

Nick Candy is a high-profile figures within Reform UK.

Evening Standard

Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy ‘met sanctioned individuals’ on Nicaragua trip

Billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy visited the central American country last week

The Independent UK

The State of Women's Leadership in Latin America After The Removal Of Peru's Dina Boluarte

Dina Boluarte's removal from the presidency marked another turn toward political volatility in Latin America. It was also the sixth time that a female head of state's time in power was unexpectedly cut short in the region's history.

Latin Times

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The Independent UK

UN report: Nicaragua's human rights crisis deepens

A new United Nations report reveals Nicaragua's deepening grip under co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo

International Business Times

Costa Rica Arrests Four In Murder Of Nicaraguan Exile

Costa Rica police have arrested four suspects in the assassination on its soil of a fierce critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in June, an official said Friday.

International Business Times

Fresh Nicaragua Crackdown Hints At Behind-the-scenes Power Grab

A wave of arrests and the death of jailed opposition figures has signalled a new "era of repression" in Nicaragua, observers say, as powerful co-president Rosario Murillo prepares to take power from her ailing husband, Daniel Ortega.

International Business Times

Critic Of Nicaragua's Ortega Shot Dead In Exile In Costa Rica

A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead Thursday in neighboring Costa Rica, his family and officials said.

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International Business Times

Experts Accuse 54 Top Nicaragua Officials Of Grave Abuses

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his wife, and dozens of senior officials were responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture and extrajudicial executions, a report by UN experts said Thursday.

International Business Times

Nicaragua Legislature Cements 'Absolute Power' Of President, Wife

Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega and his wife were granted control of all state powers Thursday under a constitutional amendment ratified by the country's legislature that also elevated her to the position of "co-president."

Reason

Nicaragua's Regime Wages War on Religious Freedom

President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on religion is part of a broader attack on civil liberties.

Al Jazeera

US trade office starts probe into Nicaragua human rights and labour abuses

Trade representative Katherine Tai denounced the government of Daniel Ortega for ‘repressive acts’ against critics.

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Nicaragua's President Ortega Proposes Constitutional Reforms For Power

Nicaragua's President Ortega faces backlash over proposed constitutional reforms to consolidate power with his wife, amid international criticism and conce...

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