Ortega Abolishes Nicaragua Elections as Salazar Says 300-Protester Crackdown Regime Is 'Next'
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Ortega Abolishes Nicaragua Elections as Salazar Says 300-Protester Crackdown Regime Is 'Next'
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 21
Summary
Daniel Ortega said Nicaragua will hold no more elections, declaring US-backed parties would "never again" return to power.
María Elvira Salazar answered with a warning that "After Cuba, Nicaragua is next," saying Ortega had abolished voting because Nicaraguans would remove him at the ballot box.
Marco Rubio said Ortega and co-president Rosario Murillo had dropped even the pretense of popular consent and urged other countries to show the dictatorship it cannot expect business as usual.
Salazar tied the move to a longer record of repression, citing more than 300 protesters killed in 2018, jailed opposition candidates, exiled priests and stripped citizenships.