Nigeria, July 21 -- Nicaragua's President, Daniel Ortega, in his desperate bid to cling to power, has declared that the country will not hold any new elections.
The 80-year-old authoritarian leader said his administration, which includes his wife and co-president, Rosario Murillo, is working with the parliament to create a law that would "build a wall" against elections.
The Guardian reports that Mr Ortega made this declaration on Sunday at the official ceremony of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista revolution, in which he helped overthrow the brutal dictatorship of US-backed Anastasio Somoza.
The president has ruled the country since 2007 and has, on multiple occasions, manipulated the law to extend his stay in power. Last year...