Nicaragua's Elections in Peril: A Pattern of Erosion The recent "work plan" announced by Nicaragua's congress, controlled by President Daniel Ortega, aims to suspend elections.
This move marks a stark escalation in the country's slide into authoritarianism, which began as a trend of democratic erosion and has now morphed into a brazen power grab.
Ortega's regime has long disregarded democratic norms. The violent suppression of protests, imprisonment of thousands, and forced exile of nearly 1 million Nicaraguans are testaments to this reality.