Sunday marked 47 years since the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) toppled Nicaragua’s dictatorship. To mark the occasion, the former leader of that guerrilla movement and now president of the country, 80-year-old Daniel Ortega, announced the country would no longer hold elections. To understand how Ortega got here and where things are headed for Nicaragua, The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke to Cindy Regidor, a Nicaraguan journalist based in Costa Rica.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said the Central American country would no longer hold elections, eliminating the possibility of an electoral challenge when his term ends next…

Authoritarian Daniel Ortega (80) says he will work with congress to pass laws to ‘build a wall’ against opposition

The country was scheduled to hold general elections in November 2027.