### [2026-07-27](/feed/2026/07/27/index.md)

##### Politics of Nicaragua
# Nicaraguan co-president Rosario Murillo announces that a legislative vote on a proposed constitutional reform that would exclude opposition parties from future elections has been postponed until September. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via GMA News Online](https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/world/996398/nicaragua-postpones-vote-on-excluding-opposition-from-elections-to-september/story/)

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