Other despots help Daniel Ortega stay in power in Nicaragua
His allies in Venezuela, Cuba and Russia supported a fake election
MONTHS BEFORE the polls in Nicaragua on November 7th the outcome was all too clear. Daniel Ortega, a former guerrilla, won his fourth consecutive term as president after jailing most of his potential opponents and forcing others into exile. With his vice-president, Rosario Murillo, who is also his wife, he will rule the country of 6.6m for an unbroken two-decade stretch.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “A family affair”
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