Rubio excoriates Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega over plan to scrap elections

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega a dictator after the Central American leader vowed to abolish elections. ​“Daniel Ortega’s declaration that under his family’s dictatorship Nicaragua will never again hold elections lays bare their true authoritarian nature,” a State Department statement released Tuesday said.

“Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have abandoned […] ...