Editorial: El País

• The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua is accelerating its authoritarian drift.
• A new constitutional reform consolidates their power, formalizes the role of 'co-president', and eliminates the separation of powers.
• The opposition has been annihilated and Nicaragua has become a single-party system.
• Repression has been implemented against critical voices leading to the exile and banishment of several influential leaders.
• The regime has rejected attempts at mediation, considering them as foreign interference.
• US President Joe Biden will initiate an investigation of human rights and labor violations in Nicaragua.
• Ortega seeks to consolidate relations with China in the face of possible US economic sanctions.

Conclusion: Ortega and Murillo face a democratic option to initiate a transition process or be remembered as successors to dictator Anastasio Somoza.

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