Daniel Ortega is almost certain to win a fifth term as president Sunday after arresting seven potential opposition candidates. U.S. officials say Nicaragua is spiraling into dictatorship, with worrisome implications for the rest of Central America.
“These elections will have no credibility,” said Patrick Ventrell, director of the Office of Central American Affairs at the State Department.
“We’re going into a scenario where you have a dictatorship,” he said in a panel discussion Thursday hosted by the Atlantic Council and the Wilson Center. “And we’ll have to respond to such.
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