Nicaragua’s Ortega said he will end elections. Why isn’t the US treating this like Cuba and Venezuela?

The US has condemned Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega for declaring an end to elections but it has so far avoided direct intervention and maximum economic pressure ...

Nicaragua’s Ortega says ‘never again’ for elections after two decades in power

Nicaragua’s long-serving president Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections, eliminating the possibility of an electoral challenge when his term ends next year and ...

Gioconda Belli on Ortega’s tightening grip on Nicaragua

Nicaraguan novelist and dissident Gioconda Belli discusses President Daniel Ortega’s efforts to further consolidate power, the erosion of democracy in Nicaragua, and her own exile after being stripped ...