Indigenous party says it is barred from running in Nicaragua elections

Yatama party, which has previously clashed with president, says it has been disqualified from all future polls

Nicaraguan electoral authorities have barred an Indigenous party that has in the past clashed with President Daniel Ortega, leaving the ruling Sandinistas with no opposition in upcoming local elections in two regions.

The Yatama party has been disqualified from participating in all future elections, including a local vote scheduled for March, according to a Facebook post by Sammy Allen Cubero, a Yatama youth leader.