The regime’s isolation has relegated Nicaragua to a position of growing international irrelevance, weakening its capacity for influence and its integration into regional dynamics.
The democratic collapse of Nicaragua has created the ideal conditions for China to consolidate a model of cooperation based on political control, trade dependence, and resource extraction.
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 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.
