Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega aims to bar ‘traitors’ from future elections

Ortega has overseen a sweeping crackdown on civil society in Nicaragua and concentrated power in his own hands.

July 29 - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega aims to exclude \"traitors\" and \"coup-plotting\" opposition members from elections, while also seeking to extend the presidential term from six to seven \"renewable\" years, according to a draft constitutional reform sent to Congress on Tuesday evening.

Since being elected for a second term as Nicaraguan president in 2006, Daniel Ortega – the former Sandinista freedom fighter-turned-authoritarian leader – has extended his term of office several times. But last week he announced a new strategy for holding on to power. He declared that there will no longer be elections