Nicaragua’s Roberto Rivas may not be the best judge of electoral credibility, but he’s certainly consistent in his assessment of what passes for a free and fair polling process. On Tuesday afternoon, Nicaragua’s de facto electoral chief—accused of rigging the...

News Analysis. Turning a deaf ear to calls for a recount following Sunday’s contestably close presidential election, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) named Nicolás Maduro president-elect on Monday afternoon, fueling opposition claims that the handpicked heir to Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian...

(posted April 15, 11:30 a.m.)- President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo this morning congratulated the 50% of Venezuelans who voted to give continuity to the “Supreme Mission” started by former President Hugo Chávez. In an address broadcast on...

Editorial. Despite blowing a 20-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, ALBA relief pitcher Nicolás Maduro narrowly escaped total humiliation last night when Venezuela’s National Electoral Council mercifully called the final out against a rallying opponent and awarded...

Editorial. During a summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for Our Americas in early 2009, in the heady days of ALBA expansionism, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez urged his fellow travelers not to fall into the temptation of getting lost in paradisiacal woolgathering...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega today decreed seven days of national mourning to honor the death of Venezuelan President and Sandinista benefactor Hugo Chávez. The announcement was made this afternoon by Ortega’s wife, Rosario Murillo, who said the Sandinista government is...

Standing in front of an over-blown photo of Hugo Chávez, whose swollen face clearly shows the wear and tear of chemotherapy, President Daniel Ortega bid a short public farewell to his deep-pocketed tovarishch who died Tuesday afternoon after a lengthy...

(posted March 5, 5:05 p.m.)- Sandinista government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo expressed her condolences for the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, but said his spirit and legacy will continue to live on in the youth and revolutionary movements around the...

Editor’s note: Hugo Chávez died today at 4:20 pm, three hours after this story was posted.   (posted March 5, 1:30 p.m.)- First lady Rosario Murillo said Nicaragua is sending its “love, respect and solidarity in these difficult hours” to...

(posted Feb. 18)- Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo says she is happy that ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has returned home after more than two months in Cuba for cancer treatment. In statements to her family-run media outlets, Murillo said Chávez’s...