https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/nicaraguas-president-says-country-will-not-hold-any-more-elections

Nicaragua’s long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has said the country will hold no further elections to prevent the opposition from coming to power.

The 80-year-old authoritarian leader, who has been in office since 2007, also said he would work with the congress he controls to pass new laws that would “build a wall” against the opposition.

Nicaragua’s long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has said the country will hold no further elections to prevent the opposition from coming to power...

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My reaction:

This is not something to celebrate. The point of this sub is not that we want undemocratic systems of government to rule the world.

Rather it's to highlight that democracy as a political structure is being broken down increasingly which generally results in dictatorship forming in its place

If this is true, then it behooves us to replace democracy with a more decentralized political system before the world drowns in dictatorship.