Nicaragua

Ortega Scraps National Dialogue for Negotiating Reforms with Allies   

In a letter to the Vatican dated July 30th, the Ortega government announced the end of the national dialogue with the Nicaraguan opposition, which reached a stalemate in the middle of last May. The president then invited the lesser political parties, which collaborate with him and curry favors including legal status, to join in pseudo negotiations for electoral reform.

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Nicaragua’s Private Sector Supports Early Elections

The Civic Alliance already has a comprehensive proposal for electoral reforms, which it is presenting to various sectors in search of the necessary consensus that gives it validity and legitimacy, explained Michael Healy, member of the Alliance, in an interview with Cindy Regidor, for the Esta Noche program.

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A Political Vehicle for Civic Pressure in Nicaragua

Given the complete refusal of the Ortega – Murillo regime to resume the national dialogue, on July 31st the Civic Alliance entered into a debate on how to transform itself into a “political vehicle”. In doing so, given the new context of the socio –political crisis, it must leave behind its former identity as “merely a negotiating tool”.

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