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OAS votes 29-1 Nicaragua democracy no longer exists

8/20/2026

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  • OAS Permanent Council voted 29-to-1 to declare Nicaragua’s representative democracy no longer exists and call an urgent foreign-minister meeting.
  • The resolution invoked OAS Charter Articles 61, 62 and 63, tools for collective emergency response.
  • President Daniel Ortega announced constitutional reforms to extend the presidential term to seven years and bar opposition labeled “traitors”.