Nicaragua’s Ortega moves to abolish elections

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on Sunday said his country is moving toward not holding a presidential election next year, appearing to maintain his shared control over the country with his co-president and wife, Rosario Murillo.

Ortega said at a government rally marking the 47th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution’s takeover of the country that there “won’t be any more elections here for them to try to seize the government and seize power,” according to a translation of the rally from Reuters.

“The days when parties backed by the Yankees and the Somocistas would return to power are over –— never again,” Ortega continued, referring to the U.S. and the followers of the U.S.-backed Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza.

Ortega has held on to power since returning to the presidency in 2007, after he had been voted out of office in 1990. His latest election victory, in........

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