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Rubio Warns Nicaragua Not to Abolish Elections

| July 21, 2026 |~1 min read |national |Source: www.theepochtimes.com
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Nicaragua after its socialist leader, Daniel Ortega, announced that the Central American country will abolish elections. “The Trump Administration and the international community will not stand by as the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship deepens repression at home and manufactures instability that threatens U.S. national security,” Rubio posted on X on July 21. “Ortega’s pledge to abolish elections in Nicaragua proves his cowardice and fear of the Nicaraguan people’s will.” Rubio’s post comes after Ortega said on July 19 that Nicaragua will no longer allow voting. “There won’t be any more elections here for them to try to seize the government and seize power,” Ortega said in an address commemorating the end of the U.S.-backed Anastasio ⁠Somoza dictatorship in 1979 by the Sandinistas....

Originally published at www.theepochtimes.com
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