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Weekly Report - 15 February 2018 (WR-18-06)

NICARAGUA: Ortega under pressure over corruption

Nicaragua’s national legislature last week approved a bill proposed by President Daniel Ortega’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) which significantly reduces the powers of the president of the electoral authority (CSE), Roberto Rivas. The move was eye-catching as Rivas, who has been in the post since 2000, is a key Ortega ally, having overseen a series of elections (widely slammed as fraudulent) which have produced significant FSLN victories. The move by the FSLN-controlled legislature is a clear response to growing pressure since the US Treasury Department blacklisted Rivas last year. Yet corruption concerns affecting top officials come as the government continues to receive accolades from institutions like the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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