Ortega's Authoritarian Playbook: Nicaragua's Descent into One Party Rule Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has a long history of manipulating politics to suit his own authoritarian ambitions.
The latest move from his government controlled National Assembly, which is set to vote on barring opposition parties from elections in the first week of August, follows a familiar pattern.
Ortega's chilling declaration that "there will be no more elections for them [the opposition] to try to seize power" was made during a speech marking the anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista revolution.