Nicaragua’s Sham Election Is Over. What Should the World Do Now?
The hemisphere has a short window to show another dictatorship will not be tolerated, writes Panama’s former vice president.
The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo held their sham election on Sunday, removing any last shred of doubt that Nicaragua is, sadly, a dictatorship. The urgent question now before us is: How should the rest of the world react There are no miracle solutions to Nicaragua’s plight, and expectations of what can be done at this late stage must be tempered by realism. But there are still options that can place real pressure on the Ortega-Murillo regime, and show that yet another dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere will not be tolerated. The global community, led by the United...
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