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Nicaragua’s tortured path
In Nicaragua, the Ortega administration is facing significant economic and political challenges. Rising unemployment and free-falling foreign investment could lead to a resurgence of widespread protests, especially during the run-up to the 2021 elections. As in 2018, President Ortega could rely on armed paramilitary organizations and youth gangs in an attempt to keep a lid on social unrest.
Opinion: Nicaragua’s sad and costly ‘stabilization’
Nine months since protests against worsening living conditions in Latin America’s second-poorest country began, the Nicaraguan opposition is being terrorized and is less able to stage anti-government rallies. However, President Daniel Ortega’s prospects for hanging on to power are also uncertain: his government has few friends and the country’s economic ...
Opinion: In Nicaragua, the opposition must unite to oust Ortega
Since April, Nicaraguans have been protesting in the streets for an end to the regime of President Daniel Ortega. One of the original Sandinista leaders who brought down the Somoza family dictatorship 40 years ago, Mr. Ortega himself now faces accusations of authoritarianism. He is losing support, but unless opposition ...
Nicaragua embarks on new, but highly controversial, canal venture
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has pledged that a new venture to build a canal joining the Pacific and Atlantic oceans will jump-start Nicaragua's economy. A concession for a Hong Kong based consortium to build the canal was approved in June 2013 by the National Assembly. But critics warn that the ...
