Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/29/nicaraguas-daniel-ortega-aims-to-bar-traitors-from-future-elections?traffic_source=rss

Cross posted from https://sh.itjust.works/post/64310344

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega aims to exclude “traitors” and “coup-plotting” opposition members from elections, while also seeking to extend the presidential term from six to seven “renewable” years, according to a draft constitutional reform sent to Congress.

Ortega, a former Marxist rebel, began his fourth consecutive term in January 2022 after winning an election the previous November, amid growing criticism and sanctions from much of the international community, led by the United States and the European Union.

its funny how this sentence tells you everything you need to know about the situation and i'm glad that someone in latin america besides sheinbaum is trying to take a stand against the us empire and isn'treal.