Nicaragua makes Daniel Ortega and his wife Murillo ‘copresidents,’ fueling democratic rebuke
Nicaragua’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform that would make President Daniel Ortega and his wife “copresidents” ...
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Nicaragua approves constitutional reforms giving president expansive powers
Critics say the reforms are the latest to further concentrate power in the hands of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran President Who Fled to Nicaragua, Dies at 65
He was a popular TV journalist when elected as El Salvador’s first modern-day leftist leader in 2009, but he went into exile ...
Nicaragua's Ortega expands power as reforms win final approval
Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control ...
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Nicaragua legislature ratifies constitutional reforms granting president control over all state branches
The Nicaraguan National Assembly on Thursday unanimously ratified the constitutional reforms proposed by current President Daniel Ortega. Under Article 8 of the country's new constitution, which is ...
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Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife
He first served as president from 1985 to 1990 and returned to power in 2007. Nicaragua has jailed hundreds of opponents, real and perceived, since then. Ortega's government has shut down more ...
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Nicaragua amends constitution, grants 'absolute power' to president and his wife
He first served as president from 1985 to 1990 and returned to power in 2007. Nicaragua has jailed hundreds of opponents, real and perceived, since then. Ortega's government has shut down more ...
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Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran president who fled to Nicaragua, dies at 65
Mauricio Funes, a former president of El Salvador and a one-time television journalist who fled to Nicaragua to escape corruption investigations, died there Jan. 21, in Managua. He was 65.