Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has named
his wife as his running mate and candidate for
vice-president as he seeks re-election for a third
term.
First Lady Rosario Murillo already has a prominent
role as the chief government spokeswoman and is
widely seen as sharing power with her husband.
She appears on Nicaraguan television almost every
day.
Critics accuse the first couple of running Nicaragua -
which has elections in November - like a personal
fiefdom.
While President Ortega rarely speaks to the media,
his wife is regularly seen on TV discussing policy and
promoting her own brand of New Age spirituality.
Mother of the president's seven children, she is
fluent in English and French in addition to being a
renowned poet.
She also has a reputation for wearing colourfully
extravagant outfits and jewellery more commonly
seen in the hippy 1960s.
Correspondents say many Nicaraguans see Ms
Murillo as wielding the most power in her country
because of her higher public profile.
Husband and wife officially submitted their candidacy
papers in the capital Managua, accompanied by the
legal adviser of their Sandinista party.
Hundreds of Sandinista supporters cheered the
couple when they left the building.
But opposition supporters are concerned her
promotion may herald the rise of a new family
dynasty in the impoverished Central American
nation.
Mr Ortega, 70, is a former left-wing guerrilla who led
a successful revolution against the dictatorship of the
Somoza family, who ruled Nicaragua for four
decades.
The Cuban-inspired Sandinistas seized power in 1979.
The party lost elections in the 1990s, but Mr Ortega
returned to power in January 2007, after a successful
election campaign.





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stupidity! Turning governance of a nation to empire rule.

Husband and wife international company. It would only happen in an obscure island country like that. Though in the last two administrations, we know the First Ladies were the Defacto Vice Presidents.

Nicaragua? Their main export is hard drugs so I'm sure everyone in the country is so high that they won't give a _fuck!

gud

wait so there is a country with that name existing hmm no wonder

Things dey happen for 3rd world countries i swear... what sort of radarada is that?

So some countries already permit a third term!

Familiocrazy

House of cards

Hope they win. It will be interesting to watch.

House of Cards Season Four

The real life Underwoods.