Ortega consolidates military control with promotions to colonel general

The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo promoted Majors Bayardo Ramón Rodríguez Ruiz, Chief of the General Staff, and Marvin Elías Corrales Rodríguez, Inspector General of the Nicaraguan Army, to the rank of Colonel General, according to Presidential Agreement No. 66-2025, published on May 9, 2025, in La Gaceta, the Official Gazette. This new military rank was incorporated into the country's military structure following the imposition of…