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Articles

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2016)

Nicaragua: De-democratization and Caudillism

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2016000100011
Submitted
April 26, 2020
Published
2016-04-26

Abstract

This article analyses Nicaragua’s process of de-democratization focusing on three events: the  gradual emergence of authoritarian elections after 2007; the constitutional reform of 2014, by means of which the political system became in legal terms once again hyper-presidential; and Ortega’s capacity to establish a broad policy of alliances through a strongman logic with hegemonic intentions. The conclusions aim to identify the type of regime that has become consolidated in Nicaragua and how its authoritarian tendencies have sought to remove any uncertainty regarding the elections of 2016.

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