Sandinista consolidation of power advances in Nicaragua with reform of military code

Opposition legislator Victor Hugo Tinoco, of the Sandinista Renewal Movement, MRS, gestures before the National Assembly votes to amend the Nicaraguan Constitution to include eliminating presidential term limits, at the National Assembly, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Managua, Nicaragua. Lawmakers have approved constitutional changes that would allow President Daniel Ortega to be re-elected indefinitely, a move that his critics say is designed to keep the Sandinista leader in power for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) (The Associated Press)

Legislator Armando Herrera of the Liberal Independent Party, PLI, holds a copy of Nicaragua's Constitution as a way to show his opposition to an amendment that includes eliminating presidential term limits, at the National Assembly, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Managua, Nicaragua. Lawmakers have approved constitutional changes that would allow President Daniel Ortega to be re-elected indefinitely, a move that his critics say is designed to keep the Sandinista leader in power for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) (The Associated Press)

Legistlaro Wilber Lopez of the Liberal Independent Party, PLI, holds a copy of Nicaragua's Constitution as a way to show his opposition to an amendment that includes eliminating presidential term limits, at the National Assembly, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Managua, Nicaragua. Lawmakers have approved constitutional changes that would allow President Daniel Ortega to be re-elected indefinitely, a move that his critics say is designed to keep the Sandinista leader in power for life. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) (The Associated Press)