{"id":13307,"date":"2026-07-21T13:13:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/?p=13307"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:13:52","slug":"ortega-declares-an-end-to-elections-in-nicaragua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdgnews.com\/es\/ortega-declares-an-end-to-elections-in-nicaragua\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortega Declares an End to Elections in Nicaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Nicaraguan president said his government would pursue laws preventing opposition parties from returning to office, raising new questions about the country\u2019s political system and a national vote previously expected in 2027.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has said the country will not hold further elections, announcing that his government will work through the National Assembly and other state institutions to prevent opposition forces from gaining power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThere will never again be elections here,\u201d<\/em> Ortega said during a speech marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, according to international news reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ortega accused opposition groups of serving foreign interests and described them as \u201ccoup plotters\u201d and \u201ctraitors.\u201d He said the government would construct a legal and institutional \u201cwall\u201d to ensure that such groups could not return to office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president did not outline the precise legislation or constitutional changes that would implement the declaration. His Sandinista National Liberation Front and its allies control the National Assembly, however, giving the government the political authority to advance further changes to the electoral system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters reported that the announcement would remove the possibility of an opposition challenge as Ortega\u2019s current term approaches its previously scheduled conclusion in 2027. Ortega has governed continuously since returning to the presidency in 2007 and also led Nicaragua during the 1980s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Further Break With Electoral Competition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Political competition in Nicaragua had already been substantially restricted before Ortega\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the 2021 presidential election, authorities detained several potential presidential candidates and other opposition figures. Ortega subsequently secured another term in a vote that was rejected by the United States, the European Union and several Latin American governments as lacking the conditions required for credible democratic competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest declaration goes further by explicitly rejecting future elections as a mechanism for transferring national political power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Associated Press reported that an election had been anticipated for November 2027 after constitutional changes extended presidential terms from five to six years. The publication characterized Ortega\u2019s announcement as part of an effort to prolong his rule, while opposition figures cited by the AP said the decision further reduced the prospects for political change through established institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ortega presented the move as a defense of Nicaragua\u2019s sovereignty. He argued that previous governments and opposition movements had been supported by the United States and had used public institutions for their own benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government critics and international rights organizations dispute that account, maintaining that accusations of foreign interference have been used to justify restrictions on political opposition, civil society and independent media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Power Shared by Ortega and Murillo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ortega, 80, first came to national power after the Sandinista Revolution overthrew the Somoza government in 1979. He lost the presidency in the 1990 election but returned to office in 2007 and has remained in power since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During that period, Nicaragua\u2019s political and constitutional framework has undergone a series of significant changes. Presidential term limits were removed, state institutions came increasingly under Sandinista control and restrictions were imposed on opposition parties, independent organizations and news outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constitutional reforms approved in 2025 established Ortega\u2019s wife, Rosario Murillo, as co-president, extended presidential terms and expanded executive authority over other branches of government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those changes gave Murillo formal authority alongside Ortega and altered Nicaragua\u2019s constitutional model from a presidency led by one individual to an executive shared by two co-presidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts and opposition figures quoted by Reuters and the Associated Press have described the arrangement as a form of family or dynastic rule. That characterization is rejected by the government, which presents the co-presidency as part of Nicaragua\u2019s revolutionary political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>International Findings on Repression<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ortega\u2019s announcement comes after years of international scrutiny of Nicaragua\u2019s human rights record, particularly following mass protests that began in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security forces and armed pro-government groups were accused of using excessive and lethal force during the unrest. More than 300 people were reported killed, while many Nicaraguans subsequently left the country amid arrests and political persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, authorities have detained government opponents, stripped hundreds of critics of their citizenship and closed thousands of nongovernmental, religious, educational and humanitarian organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2026 report by the United Nations Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua said Ortega, Murillo and other senior state and ruling-party officials allegedly bore individual responsibility for serious human rights violations. The group said the government had integrated state institutions and governing-party structures in ways that supported repression and political control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nicaraguan government has rejected international human rights investigations as politically motivated and has resisted external demands for electoral and institutional reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Limited External Leverage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement is likely to deepen Nicaragua\u2019s political separation from governments and institutions that have called for competitive elections and the restoration of civil liberties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicaragua formally withdrew from the Organization of American States in 2023 after the regional body repeatedly criticized the 2021 election and the government\u2019s treatment of political opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States and European Union have imposed sanctions and other restrictions on Nicaraguan officials and institutions in response to alleged human rights violations and democratic backsliding. The Ortega government has described those measures as unlawful intervention in the country\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Nicaragua has strengthened diplomatic and economic relations with China, Russia, Cuba and Venezuela, providing the government with international partnerships outside the United States and European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Remains Unclear<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The principal uncertainty is how Ortega\u2019s declaration will be translated into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government could amend the constitution to remove or restructure national elections, establish a system in which political leadership is selected through Sandinista-controlled institutions or retain some forms of voting while excluding parties considered hostile to the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement also leaves questions about legislative and municipal elections, which Ortega did not address in detail in the reported speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is clear is that the president publicly rejected the prospect of an election that could return the opposition to national power. Given the government\u2019s control of the legislature, electoral authorities and other major institutions, the declaration represents a significant further restriction on the possibility of political transition through competitive voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Nicaragua\u2019s opposition, much of which now operates from exile, Ortega\u2019s remarks further narrow the institutional avenues available to challenge the government. For international actors, the development is likely to renew debate over sanctions, diplomatic engagement and how to support Nicaraguan civil society without worsening conditions for the wider population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nicaraguan president said his government would pursue laws preventing opposition parties from returning to office, raising new questions about the country\u2019s political system and a national vote previously expected in 2027. 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