Daniel Ortega
person
Also written as: President Daniel Ortega · Ortega · the President · the head of the Nicaraguan government · the Nicaraguan government’s leader
Involved in
- Rubio warned that the Trump Administration and the international community will not stand by as the Murillo‑Ortega dictatorship deepens repression and threatens U.S. national security.
- Ortega has used the July 19 moment in recent years to discuss the country’s prior successes, lay out the agenda for the following year, praise the 1979 Sandinista triumph, and condemn the 2018 coup attempt.
- The New York Times reported that Daniel Ortega planned to abolish elections completely, strengthening his authoritarian grip on the country.
- Ortega’s call to bar coup participants from elections was met with cheers from the July 19 crowds.
- There will be no elections like that again here – no more elections through which they can try cheating their way to government or cheat their way to taking power.
- Felix Maradiaga claimed that Ortega buried Nicaraguan democracy a long time ago.
- Every year huge crowds gather in celebrations across the country, culminating in a nationally‑broadcast speech by President Daniel Ortega.
- Ortega proposed a blanket electoral ban on candidates who participated in fomenting the 2018 riots that left hundreds dead.
- Ortega’s government claims the sovereign right to fight foreign interference in its electoral process.
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Origin: first recognised while reading Nicaragua banned US-sponsored coup leaders from elections, sparking corporate media meltdown - The Grayzone · 2026-09-12 08:11