Low turnout at polls in Nicaragua with only one option: Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua's general elections, in which the new reelection of Sandinista Daniel Ortega, in power since 2007, is expected,
November 7, 2021Topic
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)
Only armed intervention will remove Ortega from power, says exiled Nicaraguan opposition leader
"There is no alternative left but armed intervention, whatever you want to call it: national war, foreign intervention or armed...
August 20, 2021
Nicaragua’s Sandinista party ratifies Ortega and Murillo as their presidential ticket
The ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) ratified this Monday the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, and his wife, vice-president...
August 2, 2021
U.S. perceives the FSLN “as a menace,” says veteran Nicaraguan Sandinista militant
Washington "always has us in its sights, it regards us as a threat," said Mendoza, former Nicaraguan military attaché to...
July 24, 2021
Defender of two presidential pre-candidates leaves Nicaragua due to threats
icaraguan lawyer Elton Ortega, defender of opposition presidential pre-candidates Arturo Cruz and Juan Sebastián Chamorro, both detained almost four months...
July 1, 2021
Ex-Sandinista commander Carrión leaves Nicaragua vowing to “fight for political prisoners’ freedom” from exile
Luis Carrión, 69, is the first of former revolution commanders now opposing Daniel Ortega to announce his exile.
June 23, 2021
Nicaraguan police arrest two former guerrillas and two opposition women
The Nicaraguan Police informed this Sunday that it had arrested former Sandinista guerrillas Dora María Téllez and Hugo Torres, and...
June 13, 2021
Sandinismo and its allies register coalition for Nicaraguan elections
The ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and its allies registered this Wednesday a coalition before the Supreme Electoral Council...
May 12, 2021