He secretary of state of USA, Marco Rubioaccused the president this Tuesday of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortegahaving shown his “true authoritarian nature” after stating that elections will not be held again in the Central American country.
“The statements of Daniel Ortega that, under the dictatorship of his family, Nicaragua will never hold elections again expose their true authoritarian nature“he stated Blond In a statement released by the State Department.
The head of American diplomacy maintained that Ortega and his wife, the co-president Rosario Murillohave “abandoned even the appearance of having the popular consent” and defended that Nicaraguans have the right to elect your leaders through democratic elections.
“The United States calls on the international community to join forces and demonstrate to the dictatorship of Murillo and Ortega that cannot hope to maintain a regular relationship with other nations while undermining the founding principles of our hemisphere democratic“he added Blond.
The secretary’s statements come after the words spoken last Sunday by Ortega during the commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolutionwhen he assured that he will not allow electoral processes that put the control of the ruling party.
“There will be no elections again so that there they (the opposition) try to catch the Governmentto capture power,” said the president.
Ortegaan 80-year-old former Sandinista guerrilla, governs Nicaragua since 2007 amid accusations of electoral fraud, political persecution and elimination of rivals to avoid competition electoral.
Since 2017 he has exercised power alongside Rosario Murillohis wife and until then vice president, who was appointed co-president of the country in February 2025 after a constitutional reform that expanded its powers and consolidated the control of marriage over the institutions.