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Ortega Ends Elections in Nicaragua | Salt Lake City News
Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega has declared the country will never hold elections again, sealing his iron grip on power after decades in charge. Since 2007 and earlier in the 1980s, Ortega has ruled alongside his wife Rosario Murillo, who became co-president in 2021. In a fiery speech marking the 1979 Sandinista revolution, he vowed to erase any U.S.-backed return to power, echoing his authoritarian consolidation. After years of silencing opposition, arresting journalists and business leaders, and rewriting the constitution to extend his term to six years and control all branches of government…
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