(posted March 13, 11:30 a.m.)- Electoral watchdog group Ethics and Transparency yesterday denounced the State of Nicaragua before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR) for abusing its power by politicizing the issuance of national identification cards, or cédulas. Ethics...

Anti-corruption watchdog Ethics & Transparency is calling on President Daniel Ortega to address the apparent privileges and alleged illegal tax exonerations given to Nicaragua’s fleshy electoral boss, Roberto Rivas. Roberto Courtney, executive director of Ethics & Transparency, said if the...

After years of unsuccessful attempts to hold Nicaragua’s venal electoral chief accountable to widespread allegations of corruption and malfeasance, a group of citizen activists is trying once again to put Roberto Rivas’ feet to the fire. Following a series of...

(posted Dec. 5, 2:30 p.m.)- Nicaragua ranks as one of the most corrupt countries in Latin America and the world, according to the 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index released today by German-based organization Transparency International. In the Americas, Nicaragua ranks 27...

Nicaragua’s political polarization has widened under the self-proclaimed “Government of Reconciliation and National Unity,” according to a forthcoming study entitled “Political Culture and Democracy in Nicaragua 2012.” The study, which will be released next month, demonstrates a growing divide between...

Former Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Julio César Osuna got thrown under the bus last weekend by his secretary Carolina González, who testified that her former boss stole the identities of dead people, street drunks and the mentally ill to...

Guillermo Argüello Poessy might have the toughest job in Nicaragua. With an insufficient budget and an inadequate staff, the Comptroller General is charged with the daunting task of assuring transparency and accountability in a government that isn’t too keen on...

News Analysis. The recent narco-scandal that has rattled Nicaragua’s quaint self-image and cast an even darker shadow of doubt across the already lightless Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), presents both an enormous challenge and a unique opportunity for the Sandinista administration....

A group of 15 civil society organizations released a joint statement today demanding the removal of all de facto magistrates in the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE). “A total change of all the magistrates in the Supreme Electoral Council is more...

MANAGUA—After years of basking in impunity amid repeated complaints of corruption, election fraud and malfeasance, the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is finally being investigated following the arrest of substitute de facto Magistrate  Julio César Osuna, who faces charges of organized...