Nicaragua - Sandinistas complete municipal power consolidation

After the November 6 elections, Ortega and his allies control all of the municipalities in Nicaragua.

Last Sunday, November 6, Nicaragua held sham municipal elections in which the Sandinistas completed their power consolidation. Going into the elections, Daniel Ortega and his allies already controlled 141 of Nicaragua’s 153 municipalities, and now the Sandinistas control all municipalities in the country. 

These recent elections simply represent the logi…