First they jailed their opponents, now they have set their sights on the Catholic Church: The country’s first couple Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo are in a bid for absolute control over the lives of citizens, experts say.
The former guerilla and his partner have steadily increased their grip on power since he returned to the nation’s top office in 2007, particularly via constitutional reforms that removed presidential term limits.
This style of government “concentrates discretionary decisionmaking in the hands of the presidential couple,” said Elvira Cuadra, a sociologist who lives in exile.
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