Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term for one more year. The government-controlled National Assembly is expected to approve the extension in September. It is part of a constitutional reform proposal that also includes plans to ban opposition members considered by the government to be “traitors” or “coup
Nicaragua’s government-controlled National Assembly is debating whether to ban opposition parties from running in elections and will vote on the matter in the first week of August. The measure comes a few days after President Daniel Ortega said that “there will be no more elections for them.” [the opposition] to try to take over the
