This week, the U.S. condemned the socialist Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega for its state-sponsored violence against the people of Nicaragua.
Since Ortega returned to power in 2007, he has illegally pressured the judiciary through dictatorial tactics to remove opposition party candidates from the ballot, including 16 of 27 opposition members in 2016. He also leveraged the Nicaraguan supreme court to disqualify Eduardo Montealegre, the leader of the main opposition party, from the November 2016 election. In August 2016, Ortega chose his wife, Rosario Murillo, as his vice presidential running-mate for re-election. Together, their nepotistic kleptocracy continues to strip the Nicaraguan people of their political and economic rights.
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