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Security & Strategic Review - September 2026
NICARAGUA: Doubling down further on opposition
Nicaragua’s authoritarian co-president Daniel Ortega made international headlines in July, declaring elections would no longer take place in the country. There has effectively been no free vote in Nicaragua in years, with the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government having dismantled all democratic institutions, a process which accelerated following the launch of a brutal crackdown on dissent in April 2018 in response to social unrest. However, Ortega’s announcement was still eye-catching given the iron grip that he and his wife, co-president Rosario Murillo, have on the country’s institutions. Gustavo Porras, the president of the legislature, has since appeared to row back, saying elections would still take place but under further proposed changes to the country’s constitution which would effectively exclude the opposition. However, this has done little to dampen international outrage.
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