Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

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August 2, 2026

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Nicaragua’s Abandoned Ballot: What the OAS Can and Cannot Do

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Aug 02, 2026 Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders

(Kaieteur News) – Daniel Ortega has now said openly what his regime has demonstrated for years: the people of Nicaragua are not to be permitted to remove their rulers through elections.

During celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, Ortega declared that there would be “no more elections” through which opposition parties could attempt to take power. He also promised a legislative “wall” against persons his government labels coup plotters and traitors.

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