Assessing Daniel Ortega's steady erosion of freedom in Nicaragua
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01-Jul-2025
DEMOCRACY PULSE: ASSESSING DANIEL ORTEGA'S STEADY EROSION OF FREEDOM IN NICARAGUA - Since President Daniel Ortega took office in 2007, he has methodically eroded freedom and entrenched his autocratic power in Nicaragua. As he continues to find new ways to exercise his brand of repressive authoritarianism, Will Mortenson uses the Freedom and Prosperity Indexes underscore declines in political freedom and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
To watch our conversation Nicaraguan freedom fighter and exiled leader of the political opposition Félix Maradiaga, click here: https://t.ly/z4rx6
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 07/01/25
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