The constant purges and widespread discontent suggest that many will betray the first lady in order to seek a new direction for the nation in the face of the imminent succession.

The Ortega-Murillo regime is preparing a transfer of power based on its own circle of trust in order to continue its dictatorial family project.

Today there is no dissent allowed in Nicaragua. For how long this situation can be maintained?

The suppression of qualified electoral observation is a consequence of Nicaragua's democratic decline. The observation missions were among the actors who warned about the progressive evolution of Ortega's offensive.

The government has cancelled more than 950 NGOs, medical and educational associations, social works of the Catholic Church, and social and community development projects that support active citizenship, with the aim of installing a totalitarian regime.

Honduras and Nicaragua recently signed an agreement regarding sovereignty in the Gulf of Fonseca. This is Daniel Ortega's way of tacitly ignoring the ICJ ruling in The Hague and Juan Orlando Hernández's way of paving the way for the end of his term and the likely beginning of his international trial.