With the left on the march in much of Latin America, it is no surprise that Nicaragua’s Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega is trying to make a comeback. But Ortega is creating a state of emergency in his party as he tries to diminish the threat posed by Herty Lewites, the former mayor of Managua and the country’s most popular politician. With one demarche, Ortega dismissed the need for a party primary and designated himself as the Sandinistas’ nominee for next year’s presidential election.
With the left on the march in much of Latin America, it is no surprise that Nicaragua’s Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega is trying to make a comeback. But Ortega is creating a state of emergency in his party as he tries to diminish the threat posed by Herty Lewites, the former mayor of Managua and the country’s most popular politician. With one demarche, Ortega dismissed the need for a party primary and designated himself as the Sandinistas’ nominee for next year’s presidential election.