Nicaragua Update - December 2019
Ortega maintains power through an infrastructure of repression

Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo remained firmly in power throughout 2019. The events in Nicaragua in 2019 are a clear demonstration that authoritarian governments willing to engage in brutal levels of repression can keep their opponents from organizing effectively. The situation is likely to remain the same in early 2020.
Ortega maintains power through…
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