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Nicaragua's president greets a pro-government rally
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Opinion: Daniel Ortega’s long goodbye
Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin
Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin

Nicaragua is a cautionary tale for those who see history trending toward democratic governance. President Daniel Ortega has subverted the country’s institutions to create a personalist, authoritarian regime. Now, after the cutoff of oil-based aid from Venezuela, he is relying on guile and bloodshed to stay in power.

An anti-government slogan in Spanish written on a wall in Nicaragua’s capital
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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 ...
Protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua
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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 ...
 Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin
Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin
The proposed canal links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
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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 ...
 Dr. Ralph Espach
Dr. Ralph Espach
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