Responding to the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Legislative Sham
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What happened
Yesterday, Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega’s captive National Assembly eroded the fiction of Nicaragua’s democracy, again rewriting the nation’s constitution to entrench their illegitimate dynasty and indefinitely deprive Nicaraguans of free and fair elections. Dictatorships that deny the unalienable rights of their citizens should not enjoy the same economic or political benefits as governments committed [&hellip…
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Why it's spreading
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- Responding to the Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship’s Legislative ShamUS State Department