Nicaraguan leader proposes extending presidential term by another year

Dissidents living in exile have also been targeted, with many stripped of their citizenship by the Ortega government, their homes they left behind in Nicaragua seized and sold.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, has proposed extending the presidential term by another year.

Few Nicaraguans have dared to speak out in public against Ortega and Murillo since more than 300 people were killed when the security forces quashed anti-government protests in 2018.