Combating Kleptocracy Panel
Combating Kleptocracy Panel

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Nicaragua is no longer just a dictatorship. It is a family business disguised as a government.

Over the past two decades, Nicaraguan Co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo built a system in which the state and ruling party, and the wealth associated with them, have all merged into a single structure. In Nicaragua, whoever controls power controls the money, and whoever controls the money has all the power.

Join the Human Rights Foundation on Nov. 16 at 11 am for a panel discussion about our new report on how Nicaragua’s systems of corruption operate: where the money that finances the dictatorship comes from, how it is used to buy loyalties and crush opponents, and why it is so difficult to dismantle from the outside.

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Nicaragua Report
Report
Nicaragua: From Electoral Authoritarianism to Dynastic Kleptocracy
Nicaragua is no longer just a dictatorship. It is a family business disguised as a government. Over the past two decades, Nicaraguan Co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo built a system in which the state and ruling party, and the wealth associated with them, have all merged into a single structure.
Oct 30, 2026

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