### [2026-07-20](/feed/2026/07/20/index.md)

##### Next Nicaraguan general election
# Nicaraguan co-president Daniel Ortega announces that the country will hold no further elections in order to "build a wall" against the political opposition. 




### Sources:

1. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/nicaraguas-president-says-country-will-not-hold-any-more-elections)

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