Nicaraguan 'Dictatorship' Is Doomed, Says Exiled Author

Celebrated Nicaraguan author Sergio Ramirez told AFP he believes his countrymen will eventually rise up against autocratic President Daniel Ortega (Credit: AFP)

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's "dictatorship" is doomed, exiled novelist Sergio Ramirez has told AFP, predicting the population will eventually rebel against the elderly ex-guerrilla.

Ortega, the 79-year-old who toppled a US-backed dictatorship in 1979 and then led the country for a decade, has shown increasingly authoritarian tendencies since returning to power in 2007.