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Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega said the Central American country will no longer hold elections, blocking any way for opposition parties to challenge the government he leads with his wife, Rosario Murillo.
Ortega, Nicaragua's longest-serving leader, has been in power since 2007 after previously ruling in the 1980s. His current presidential term is scheduled to run until 2027.
“There will be no more elections here for them to try to take over the government,” said Ortega.
He made the comments on Sunday during a speech commemorating the 1979 Sandinista revolution, when Ortega took part in the overthrow of the US-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza.
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The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, said that the officials of this Central American country will no longer hold elections. (REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)
The announcement appeared to end the possibility of a future election challenge as Ortega and Murillo continue to consolidate control of the country's political institutions.
“The days when the groups supported by the Yankees (United States) and the Somocistas will return to power are over – they will never happen again,” Ortega said.
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The Trump administration has described the Ortega-Murillo government as a dictatorship and imposed sanctions on members of the government and their supporters. The State Department also imposed visa restrictions targeting more than 2,350 Nicaraguan officials and their family members.
“The United States stands with the people of Nicaragua, like Rivera, who wish to see a free Nicaragua,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in June.
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The Trump administration has described the Ortega government as a dictatorship. (Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg)
Biden's administration has previously said Ortega illegally sought another term following Nicaragua's disputed 2021 presidential election.
Authorities have arrested presidential candidates, dissidents, business leaders and journalists ahead of the vote as the government tightens its grip on the legalization of dissent.
Ortega and Murillo continued to expand their authority through radical constitutional changes that took effect in 2025. These reforms extended the presidential term from five to six years and elevated Murillo from vice president to “co-president.”
The changes also put Nicaragua's legal, judicial and electoral institutions under the presidency, according to United Nations experts.
Ortega and Murillo now control almost all branches of government, including the military, police and judiciary.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, control almost every aspect of the country's government. (INTI OCON/AFP)
Ortega had successfully ended electoral competition during the 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections, Salvador Marenco, coordinator of the Costa Rica-based Nunca Más Human Rights Collective, told Reuters.
Many prominent opposition leaders have been arrested, forced into exile or stripped of Nicaraguan citizenship, while opposition groups and civil society organizations have lost their legal status.
A group of United Nations experts has accused the Ortega-Murillo government of systematically abusing human rights as part of a campaign to suppress criticism and maintain its power. Experts say some alleged violations could amount to crimes against humanity.
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The government began a crackdown on violence against anti-government protests in 2018. More than 300 people were killed during the violence, according to international human rights groups.
Reuters contributed to this report.
