From VOA Spanish: What changes to Nicaragua's Constitution give more power to President Ortega and his wife?
The government of Daniel Ortega, who has been president for more than 15 consecutive years, recently promoted constitutional ...
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Nicaraguan lawmakers approve reform expanding Ortega’s power
The Nicaraguan parliament, dominated by the ruling Sandinista Front, on Friday approved a constitutional reform that hands ...
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Nicaragua’s Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife ‘copresidents’
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current ...
Nicaragua: President Ortega, wife to be granted new powers
Lawmakers in Nicaragua endorsed the constitutional reform which would expand presidential terms and promote Daniel Ortega's ...
Ortega’s constitutional changes will turn Nicaragua into a tropical North Korea | Opinion
Oppenheimer: Nicaraguan dictator’s draft Constitution will officially turn his country into a police state. Here’s what it ...
El País in English7d
Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo consolidate their power over the army and the police
The reform of the Military Code and the National Police Law subordinate the armed forces to the presidential couple’s wishes, ...
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Daniel Ortega amends Nicaragua Constitution, expands his power
Nicaragua's parliament approved a constitutional reform that strengthened the control of President Daniel Ortega and his wife ...
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And there there were none: Ortega eliminates his last main rival in Nicaragua's presidential election
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 ...
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Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife Nicaragua’s ‘co-presidents’
Nicaragua’s president Daniel Ortega has proposed a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current ...
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Nicaraguan court hands down prison sentences to two women opposing Ortega
was detained before the fifth anniversary of the demonstrations against the government of President Daniel Ortega. In August 2018, in the context of the anti-government protests, the police ...
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The tyrant of Managua
A day after the 1990 election, Daniel Ortega (c) visited Violeta Chamorro (r) at her home to congratulate her after the surprise victory of her UNO coalition over the Sandinista Front. The visit ...
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Under Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua has become a one-party state
Some would say one-family. The election tops off years of creeping authoritarianism in the country, which is run by President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla, and Rosario Murillo ...