The communist dictator of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, has announced he’s cancelling elections henceforth in order to keep anyone from challenging and beating him in the future. “There won’t be any more elections here for them to try to seize the government and seize power,” Ortega said in a ​speech on Sunday evening to commemorate the 1979 Sandinista revolution, in which Ortega helped overthrow the U.S.-backed Anastasio ⁠Somoza dictatorship. Nicaragua’s last election in 2021 was widely disputed after Ortega detained opponents and business leaders and criminalized dissent. Last year, Ortega further consolidated his power through a series of constitutional reforms that included naming his wife Rosario Murillo as “co-president” ​and extending the presidential term to six years. He and his wife control virtually every aspect of the government, including the armed forces and ​the judiciary.