Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo responded to a SICA decision with uncharacteristic restraint, issuing a conciliatory letter that opens with greetings of 'appreciation and brotherhood' to Central American authorities rather than their customary threats and insults.

A majority of countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) reformed the internal voting regulations of the regional body to "unlock" the election of a new secretary general, and prevent the "co-presidents" of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, from preventing or conditioning a future appointment. The previous voting regulations required a […] The entry The SICA "jumps" to Ortega and Murillo to elect general secretary was first published in Confidential