They argue that the change is made “to fulfill the six-year term established” by the newly approved Nicaraguan Constitution.

Daniel Ortega, who is under Western sanctions for human rights abuses, had proposed the reform himself, which also lengthens ...

Nicaragua’s Congress has approved a constitutional reform that would make President Daniel Ortega and his wife “copresidents” ...

Critics say the reforms are the latest to further concentrate power in the hands of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.