Nicaragua Veers to Dictatorship as President Holds Election the U.S. Calls ‘Sham’
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica—Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, working for a fourth consecutive phrase following imprisoning 7 rivals, is widely expected to earn an election on Sunday witnessed as a sham by the U.S. and opponents.
Since May well, Mr. Ortega and his spouse, Vice President Rosario Murillo, have unleashed a wave of repression that analysts say exceeds any witnessed in Latin America considering the fact that the conclusion of its navy dictatorships in the eighties. He has imprisoned 39 major political opponents, businessmen, journalists and pupil and peasant leaders.
