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2020/12/24 08:42 FILE - In this May 26, 2018 file photo, the Spanish word for Murderer covers a mural of Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-governm. FILE - In this May 26, 2018 file photo, the Spanish word for Murderer covers a mural of Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua s ruling party-dominated Congress has passed a law Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that would essentially ban opposition candidates from running in the 2021 presidential elections, giving President Daniel Ortega the power to unilaterally declare citizens terrorists or coup-mongers, classify them as traitors to the homeland and ban them from running as candidates. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
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Uruguay’s new government is prioritising security, but is it at the cost of free speech?
A new law marks a turning point in Uruguayan politics
Uruguay, a country known throughout Latin America for its left-wing leadership, took a swerve to the right in 2020. After 15 years of coalition governments comprised of left-wing political parties united under the Frente Amplio (Broad Front), the conservative Luis Lacalle Pou took office as the country’s new president in March 2020. In July, with a centre-right and right-wing coalition in power, Pou’s new government introduced the controversial ‘Law for Urgent Consideration’.
This legislation intends to set the pace of an agenda focused on public security, fiscal austerity and investment gains. However, critics believe that this could be at the expense of basic freedoms and rights. The law aims to reform a wide range of issues, including broadening the power given to the police force during public demonstrations.
Nicaragua opposition ban draws international condemnation
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 22, 2020 at 3:58 pm EDT
MEXICO CITY Countries and international groups around the world on Tuesday condemned a law approved by Nicaragua’s ruling party-dominated Congress that would essentially ban opposition candidates from running in the 2021 presidential elections.
The law gives the government of President Daniel Ortega the power to unilaterally declare citizens “terrorists” or coup-mongers, classify them as “traitors to the homeland” and ban them from running as candidates.
Given that Ortega has already applied those terms to virtually the entire opposition and the leaders of massive 2018 protests against his regime, the law approved Monday appears aimed at sweeping aside the last roadblock to Ortega continuing his lengthy rule over the Central American nation.