Nicaragua: "the headlong rush"
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in 2019 © Alfredo Zuniga / AP
By: Mikaël Ponge Follow |
Mikaël Ponge Follow
22 mins
Rid of any credible opposition, the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega will run for a 4th consecutive term on November 7, 2021. On the last day of the submission of candidatures, Monday August 2, 2021, the ruling party unanimously confirmed the ticket that the outgoing form with his wife, Rosario Murillo vying for a second term as vice-president.
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A tailor-made election according to the Nicaraguan press.
After the arrest of 31 opponents including 7 who intended to stand for this presidential election of November 7, 2021,
"it could not be otherwise (...) there is no surprise"
to this designation by the party in power ( the Sandinista National Liberation Front) by Daniel Ortega, according to our guest, researcher Hélène Tristan from the University of Paris 1. No surprise as the presidential couple took control of the formation which operates today in a
“nepotistic, dynastic”
way.
, reproducing what the Somoza dynasty could have been ”,
according to Hélène Tristan, who sees the current regime as
“ a headlong rush ”.
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