Explaining Nicaragua’s descent into dictatorship DemDigest March 31, 2023 March 31, 2023 Nicaragua’s slide into totalitarianism happened ‘gradually, then suddenly’ – to borrow a phrase from Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. But it was always predictable, analyst Christopher Sabatini writes for Chatham House. RTWT emailTwitterFacebookTumblrLinkedinPrint