Daniel Ortega establishes Latin America’s last dictatorship in Nicaragua
The authoritarian leader’s announcement of eradicating electoral processes seals the autocratic drift in the Central American country and paves the way for a new family dynasty
Deadly detentions in Nicaragua: Another opponent dies in custody of Ortega-Murillo regime
Attorney Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, an advisor to the Episcopal Conference, died after 12 days of enforced disappearance. His case joins that of opposition leader Mauricio Alonso Petri
Humberto Ortega, former Sandinista military strategist persecuted by the Ortega-Murillo regime, dies
The former guerrilla who became head of the Sandinista Popular Army was a feared and respected figure in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Fallen into disgrace and at odds with Vice President Rosario Murillo, he died at the age of 77 from heart complications while under house arrest by order of the presidential couple
Humberto Ortega, a thorn in the side of the Ortega-Murillo regime
The retired Sandinista general and brother of President Daniel Ortega has again launched criticism of the authoritarian Nicaraguan administration and questioned its ability to establish a succession based around the figure of the ‘co-president’
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