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title: "Briefing Room: Nicaragua Cancels Elections. And More."
description: "Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have dropped even the pretense of a vote, cementing a family dictatorship with their opponents jailed, exiled, or silenced — and the region looking away."
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  - name: Simon Whistler
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Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have dropped even the pretense of a vote, cementing a family dictatorship with their opponents jailed, exiled, or silenced — and the region looking away.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/briefing-room-nicaragua-cancels-elections-and-more/.
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