Nicaragua s under-fire Ortega seeking fourth term in a row: ally
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19/07/2021 - 22:18 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is accused of increasing authoritarianism. His wife Rosario Murillo (L) is also his vice-president Handout Nicaraguan Presidency/AFP 3 min
Managua (AFP)
Nicaragua s long-term leader Daniel Ortega, under fire internationally over the detention of opposition figures ahead of November elections, will seek a fourth consecutive presidential term, a senior ally said Monday.
Ortega, 75, will be the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front s candidate for the November 7 presidential vote, Gustavo Porras, the speaker of Nicaragua s parliament, told public television.
He predicted victory was indisputable.
Six opposition presidential hopefuls among 26 people detained by Ortega s government since last month, will not be allowed to run in the election.
Nicaragua s under-fire Ortega seeking fourth term in a row: ally
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1 abril, 2021
It’s not only improbable, it’s unimaginable that President Daniel Ortega would agree to a free exchange with independent journalists. They might do what journalist Andres Oppenheimer did when he interviewed Ortega in 2018. They might rub his nose in every one of the notions that – without waiting for responses or questioning – he calmly tosses out, like a batter from the past. He wouldn’t dare face pitchers who throw sliders and blazing fastballs that tear his arguments to shreds. No way.
Ortega’s public discourses are ever less interesting, due to his insistence on turning his back to the national reality to hide the obvious. In his latest public appearance, he began by recounting the feats of the Literacy Crusade. Among the pillars of this crusade were a number of figures like Jesuit priest Fernando Cardenal, who ended up drastically opposed to him.