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Nicaraguan lawmakers approve reforms expanding President Ortega's power
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The reforms implemented in Nicaragua grant increased authority to President Daniel Ortega, his wife Vice President Rosario Murillo will assume the position of co-president, and extend the presidential term from five to six years. These changes have been sanctioned internationally for human rights abuses. The reforms also increase the president's control over the media.
Through these modifications to the fundamental law, Ortega and his allies seek to increase their absolute control of the State and perpetuate themselves in power.
If adopted, these changes will sound the death knell for fundamental freedoms and rule of law in Nicaragua.
These modifications reflect a desperate attempt to shield the Ortega-Murillo family from any eventuality.
The reform not only reflects the paranoia and insecurity of the Sandinista dictatorship, but also codifies a system that has no exact precedent in Latin America, dangerously resembling the North Korean model.
Nicaragua under Ortega
- Nicaragua Orders Closure of 1,500 NGOs and Church Groups
- UN: Nicaragua's Government Accused of Crimes Against Humanity Abuses
- Nicaragua says it has released Bishop Rolando Alvarez, 18 priests from prison
sources
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Immigration to the US
- 3.Authoritarianism
- 4.Human rights
- 5.Corruption
- 6.Organized crime
- 7.Drug Trafficking
- 8.Money Laundering
- 9.Dictatures in South America
- 10.Nicaragua under Daniel Ortega
countries
organizations
- 1.Sandinista National Liberation Front
- 2.Rosario Murillo
- 3.Organization of American States
- 4.United Nations
- 5.European Union
- 6.Inter-American Dialogue
