In Nicaragua, Humberto Ortega Is Just the Latest Regime Insider to Fall On His Sword

<p>The de-facto house arrest of Daniel Ortega’s brother Humberto takes the purge of historic Sandinistas to a new extreme. Seven months after the Nicaraguan dictatorship purged one-tenth of the politically obedient judiciary, including the Supreme Court president at odds with VP Rosario Murillo, the high court is two-thirds vacant.</p>