Nicaragua’s Shift Toward Dictatorship Is Part of a Latin American Backslide

Nicaragua, following a presidential election identified as fraudulent by the U.S., is now widely seen to have turn into Latin America’s 3rd dictatorship and part of a broader craze of democratic backsliding across the region, say U.S. officers and political analysts.

President Daniel Ortega coasted to a fourth consecutive time period in Sunday’s vote by successful about seventy five% of the ballots forged, in accordance to Nicaragua’s election authority. The election took location just after Mr. Ortega’s regime jailed seven main presidential candidates, making it possible for only a handful of reasonably unknown candidates to oppose him.