Ortega and Murillo, outstanding disciples of Castro.

By: Pedro Corzo - 29/09/2026

Guest columnist.
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The repeated cynicism of the co-dictators, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, would have broken any instrument that could be used to measure the shamelessness of both when they publicly declared that no more elections would be held in Nicaragua, as if the country were a farm they owned and they were telling the workers that they could not choose the boss.

The sinister couple, who have held power continuously since 2007, left no room for doubt when they announced their intention to prevent any change in government, stating that those who do not faithfully follow their dictates will be outlawed. They only need to declare themselves perpetual dictators or designate an heir to the throne, a decision that is to be expected considering that their former master and protector, Fidel Castro, imposed a dynasty in Cuba and declared, a few months after seizing power, that elections were unnecessary in the country, popularizing the slogan, "Elections for what?"

I have no doubt that Fidel Castro welcomed Daniel Ortega as one of his most beloved pupils; hence, my conviction that he has been the student who has best continued to spread his teachings.

This motivates me to propose to all opponents of Castro-Chavismo that we should study more the similarities and alliances between the leaders of that autocratic proposal of government and thus better prepare ourselves for the constant eventualities that they may recreate, based on the fact that they are repeated both in their slogans and in practice.

These individuals act as if they are following a governance manual, which they adapt to the needs of each autocrat. It's a script to be executed that, to this day, has a variety of admirers, ranging from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the Kirchner-Fernández couple, and implementers like Evo Morales and Rafael Correa, because their proposals are neither ideological nor political, but rather formulas for seizing and maintaining power.

These predators share common denominators, signs that distinguish them as a criminal group that assumes political power to prosecute anything that is contrary to their interests.

As a rule, they are populists, gaining followers through the handouts they distribute, and demagogues because they promise everything that is appealing, while identifying with a nationalism close to chauvinism that they betray in favor of whoever best compensates them, the best example being the Venezuelans Diosdado Cabello and the siblings Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez, who after being confessed enemies of the United States, publicly act as the most faithful servants of Washington.

All these individuals seek to destroy public trust in the leading figures of society, orchestrating a campaign against the most esteemed national values ​​such as family, traditions, religion, and patriotic holidays. Simultaneously, they distort history, rewriting it to suit their own agenda, fostering social division and sectarianism, and denigrating politics and politicians.

They seduce the mediocre, stirring up envy and resentment against those who have managed to distinguish themselves from the majority. They criminalize material progress and wealth, resorting to the strictest control of information to prevent the spread of rampant corruption and the emergence and development of any opposition.

They forge the conviction that goods can only be obtained through the exploitation of others, spreading the self-suggestion that everything should belong to the population; that property in any of its forms should be managed by the state, creating a new class made up of bureaucrats who manage the assets of the ruling class, who, in reality, are the new owners, the new rich.

Repression is constant. What is not expressly authorized is prohibited. Prisons multiply and public executions serve as a warning, not to mention the disappearances and the permanent and systematic discrediting of those who oppose them.

Furthermore, they all seek power in perpetuity and in an absolute manner. The only thing they don't lie about is proclaiming that to transform the country into a paradise they must hold supreme command, absolute control of public functions, a condition that implies the exploitation of assets and the deterioration of all productive capacity. Other factors that identify them are an undeniable capacity for repression and an unquestionable ineptitude in economic management, as well as a criminal desire to destroy the working class—a task in which the Ortega-Murillo regime has proven itself highly adept.

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