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Caribbean & Central America - December 2013 (ISSN 1741-4458)
NICARAGUA: Ortega does the inevitable
President Daniel Ortega’s detractors are again invoking comparisons with former dictator, Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1967-1972; 1974-1979). Last month Ortega unveiled a proposed constitutional reform which would significantly bolster the role of the military, further concentrate power in the hands of the executive and most likely remove the limits on indefinite presidential re-election. Following the sweeping victory of his Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) in the November 2011 general elections, when it obtained the coveted two-thirds majority in the 92-seat unicameral legislature, President Ortega is unlikely to encounter much resistance and the changes could well be approved before year end.
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