That’s how Nicaragua’s Nov 7 election is shaping up after the government of Daniel Ortega arrested and disqualified every major opposition candidate running against him, including his last ...

Ortega will seek his third consecutive re-election on Nov. 7. An arrest warrant from the Nicaraguan Prosecutor's Office is out on Ramírez on conspiracy and money laundering charges, basically ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – First Lady Rosario Murillo ... to create a more open environment for free and fair elections.” Ortega rejected the criticisms, and on Tuesday defended the legitimacy ...

TASS/. The incumbent president Daniel Ortega is winning the presidential elections in Nicaragua, receiving the support of 74.99% of voters, Brenda Rocha, Chairperson of the Supreme Electoral ...

Nicaragua's regime announced dozens of constitutional amendments yesterday that include extending President Daniel Ortega's term without elections. Why it matters: Observers say the changes could ...

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NICARAGUAN President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for his fourth five-year term yesterday ... In 1984 he became president in what was described as the country’s first democratic elections in decades. He ...

"The attorney general of Nicaragua, in concert with the Ortega-Murillo regime ... but was defeated in re-election in 1990. But since his return to power in 2006, he has sought to consolidate ...

Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide ...

Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country was ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be used as a tool of political ...

Ortega first served as president from 1985 to 1990 as a former guerrilla hero who helped oust the US-backed Somoza regime, and returned to power in 2007. Nicaragua has jailed hundreds of opponents ...