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Ortega declara el fin de la alternancia en Nicaragua: “Aquí no volverá a haber elecciones”

El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, borró de plano este domingo la posibilidad de realizar nuevas elecciones en el país, con el objetivo explícito de cerrarle el paso a la oposición, que desde hace años denuncia elecciones fraudulentas y falta de libertades civiles.

El mandatario afirmó que los opositores están “agazapados”, la mayoría en el exilio.

“Ya quisieran ellos ganar elecciones para hacer reales (ganar dinero) con las escuelas. Pero que se olviden, aquí no volverá a haber elecciones, para que por allí intenten ellos (oposición) atrapar el gobierno, atrapar el poder”, indicó durante un acto en Managua en conmemoración del 47 aniversario de la revolución sandinista.

Ortega, un exguerrillero de 80 años que gobierna desde 2007, anunció que la Asamblea Nacional, controlada por el oficialismo, trabajará para la aprobación de “leyes para que le pongan un muro, un bloque a los golpistas, a los vendepatria”. Y agregó: “por mucha plata que le den los yanquis (EE.UU.), no podrán”.

Nicaragua debía celebrar elecciones generales en noviembre, pero las profundas enmiendas constitucionales (criticadas por la ONU, la OEA y la oposición) que entraron en vigor a inicios de 2025 ampliaron a seis años el período presidencial, por lo que en teoría los próximos comicios serían en noviembre de 2027.

En reacción a las declaraciones de Ortega, el colectivo Nicaragua Nunca Más, que trabaja desde Costa Rica, denunció que el Gobierno ha despojado a la sociedad civil de todos sus derechos.

“El Frente Sandinista se ha convertido prácticamente en un partido único, sin oposición real dentro de Nicaragua”, dijo Salvador Marenco, coordinador de la organización. El activista repasó el cierre de más de 5.600 entidades civiles, la cancelación de partidos políticos y el cierre de medios de comunicación.

“Todo esto debería ser parte del juego democrático, que en Nicaragua ya no existe porque no existe el Estado de derecho. Las palabras no terminan solo de sepultar una posibilidad de elecciones en 2027, son además una reafirmación de la impunidad”, apuntó.

En enero, cuando se cumplió un año de la reforma que también creo el cargo de “copresidenta” a Rosario Murillo, vicepresidenta y esposa de Ortega, el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. dijo que la posición fue “inventada” sin mandato ni legitimidad “porque sabe que no puede ganar” en un proceso electoral libre.

En su discurso, Ortega también se dirigió contra Washington por la captura en enero del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. El líder sandinista acusó a las “fieras diabólicas” de querer “dominar los pueblos para robarles sus riquezas”, y puso como ejemplo la operación militar estadounidense en Caracas.

“¿Qué hicieron (los EE.UU.) con todo su poderío?, fueron y asaltaron la Casa Presidencial donde estaba Nicolás con su esposa y mataron a sus escoltas, en su mayoría cubanos, y lo llevaron a una prisión en Estados Unidos. Eso es una monstruosidad”, criticó Ortega

Ortega afirmó también que los políticos “que están al servicio de las potencias son los que les piden a las potencias que hagan lo mismo con Cuba”, que está bajo presión de EE.UU. “Hay cubanos en el exilio que le piden al Gobierno de Estados Unidos que invada militarmente Cuba y se lleven preso al comandante de la revolución, Raúl Castro”, aseguró.

Managua, que sostuvo durante años una troika con Caracas y La Habana, quedó más aislada ante la intervención estadounidense en Venezuela y la campaña económica y política de Washington contra Cuba.

Durante años, Ortega tuvo una relación sin contratiempos con la Casa Blanca y mantuvo un perfil bajo. Además, desde la captura de Maduro, Nicaragua liberó a presos políticos. Pero en ocasiones el presidente rompe el silencio con algunas críticas a Donald Trump. En abril, llamó “desquiciado mental” a Trump por “secuestrar” a Maduro, y amenazar “con desbaratar” a Cuba a través de una operación militar.

Por su parte, el Gobierno de EE.UU. emite periódicamente nuevas sanciones contra funcionarios cercanos a la pareja presidencial e incluso a familiares directos.

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Father to be sentenced for murder in Georgia high school shooting carried out by teenage son

Colin Gray, 54, the father of Apalachee High School shooting suspect Colt Gray, 14, enters the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance, on September 6, 2024, in Winder, Georgia. (Photo by Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images)(ATLANTA) -- The father of a Georgia teenager who carried out a deadly mass shooting at his high school is set to be sentenced on more than two dozen charges, including second-degree murder, after a jury found him criminally culpable for the attack.Colin Gray, 56, admitted to providing the assault rifle used by his then-14-year-old son in the September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, which killed two students and two teachers.His son, 16-year-old Colt Gray, pleaded guilty to all 55 counts against him, including murder and aggravated assault. Judge Nicholas Primm sentenced him to life in prison without parole on Tuesday.The teen's father will appear in the Barrow County Courthouse before the same judge on Thursday to learn his fate. He faces more than 100 years in prison after being found guilty of 27 counts, including second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children in the second degree, and reckless conduct. The jury deliberated for fewer than two hours before returning the guilty verdicts in March.Colin Gray marks the latest parent charged and convicted in the U.S. in connection with a mass shooting carried out by his child.During the two-week trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Colin Gray had been warned that his son had an affinity for mass shooters and was aware that the teen kept a shrine in his bedroom dedicated to the shooter in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.Instead of getting his son psychological help, Colin Gray gave the boy an AR-15-style weapon as a Christmas present that the teen ultimately used to carry out the mass shooting at Apalachee High School, prosecutors said.Colin Gray testified in his own defense during the trial, breaking down while being questioned about whether he noticed any "red flags" that would have led him to believe the boy was capable of committing a mass shooting."I struggle with it every day," Colin Gray testified. "He's a good kid, you know? He wasn't perfect, but to do something, uh, that heinous, like I don't, I don't know if anybody would see that type of evil."During his testimony, Colin Gray confirmed that he gave his son the AR-15-style rifle as a Christmas present, telling jurors the gift came with rules."This is a weapon that I want you to shoot when we go to the range, and if you keep doing really good in school, going to school and doing all the things you should, you graduate and you're 18, this will be your gun," Colin Gray said he told his son.Following the verdict, Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith said that evidence showed that there were "multiple warnings over a lengthy period of time.""You just had to do one thing -- take that rifle away -- and this would have been prevented," Smith told reporters.Several other parents have been convicted in the U.S. in connection with a mass shooting carried out by their children.In 2024, Jennifer and James Crumbley were convicted of charges stemming from a deadly mass shooting at a Michigan high school committed by their then-15-year-old son, Ethan Crumbley. The parents were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials after prosecutors presented evidence of an unsecured gun at their home and their indifference toward their son's mental health. They were each sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison.Their son pleaded guilty in October 2022 to murdering four students and injuring several others in the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.In 2023, Robert Crimo Jr. pleaded guilty to seven counts of misdemeanor reckless conduct -- one count for each person killed by his son, Robert Crimo III, during a mass shooting at a 2022 Fourth of July Parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. As part of a plea deal, Crimo Jr. was sentenced to 60 days in jail and two years of probation.His son, who was 19 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of murder and attempted murder last year and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.In an ongoing case, the father of a 15-year-old girl who shot and killed a student and teacher at a Wisconsin school in 2024 faces charges alleging he allowed his daughter access to guns used in the deadly shooting.The father, Jeffrey Rupnow, was charged with two counts of intentionally giving a dangerous weapon to a minor and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in connection with the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. His case is set to go to trial next year.Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
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