Secretary of State Rubio Denounces Nicaraguan Constitutional Rewrite Entrenching Murillo-Ortega Dictatorship
September 03, 2026
September 03, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on Sept. 2, 2026, by Secretary Marco Rubio regarding the Nicaraguan National Assembly rewriting the nation's constitution to entrench the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship and deny free elections:
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Yesterday, Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega's captive National Assembly eroded the fiction of Nicaragua's democracy, again rewriting the nation's constitution to entrench their . . .
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Yesterday, Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega's captive National Assembly eroded the fiction of Nicaragua's democracy, again rewriting the nation's constitution to entrench their . . .