Full powers for Laureano Ortega to sign convention against cyberfraud

The Presidency of the Republic granted full powers to Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, presidential advisor for Investments, Trade, and International Cooperation, to sign an international convention against telecommunications fraud and cyberfraud on behalf of the State. This is stipulated in Presidential Agreement No. 141-2026, signed on October 23 and published this Tuesday, October 27, in La Gaceta, Official Gazette No. 197, on page 10538.

The instrument appears under the Government House section of the bulletin and bears the signatures of co-presidents Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Rosario Murillo Zambrana, who issue it, according to the text, “in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the Political Constitution.” The agreement consists of three articles and in none of its parts does it mention a subsequent ratification or approval process before the National Assembly, nor the intervention of any other state body.

The publication reproduces only the agreement authorizing the signature; it does not include the text, annexes, or the articles of the convention that Ortega Murillo is authorized to sign, meaning that the material content of the international commitment is not detailed in the official bulletin.

What the three articles say

• Article 1: “Full Powers are granted to Comrade Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, Presidential Advisor for Investments, Trade, and International Cooperation,” so that, acting in the name and representation of the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua, he may sign the “Convention for the Establishment of the International Alliance for the Fight against Telecommunications Fraud and Cyberfraud.”
• Article 2: the certification of the presidential agreement itself “is sufficient to accredit the authority” of the signatory to represent the Nicaraguan Government, in accordance with Article 1.
• Article 3: the agreement takes effect “as of this date” and orders its publication in La Gaceta, Official Gazette.
• Date and place: given in the city of Managua, Government House, on October 23, 2026.

An advisor with signing authority

The agreement identifies the signatory by his position as Presidential Advisor for Investments, Trade, and International Cooperation and designates him with the title of “Comrade,” a habitual formula in instruments of the Presidency of the Republic. The text does not specify if the signing mandate has a determined term nor if it includes the prior negotiation of clauses, reservations, or interpretative declarations before the counterparts of the convention.

Nor does it establish accountability mechanisms before the Legislature nor an obligation to subsequently report on what was signed, beyond the publication of the agreement itself in the official gazette.

A formula that is repeated in the bulletin

The granting of full powers to officials and trusted appointees to sign international instruments is a recurring practice in the Gazette of recent weeks:

• The agreement published in La Gaceta No. 180 on October 2, 2026, dated September 30, granted full powers to Brigadier General Efrén Alejandro Marín Serrano, head of the Air Force of the Army of Nicaragua, to sign the “Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua.”
• La Gaceta No. 189 on October 15, 2026, published full powers for Ambassador Danilo Javier Chang Cash to sign the “United Nations Convention on Negotiable Electronic Trade Records.”

In both cases, as in that of Ortega Murillo, the authorization is resolved through a certified and published presidential agreement, without the bulletin recording any other administrative step.

Why it matters

Presidential Agreement No. 141-2026 places a presidential advisor—and member of the presidential family—as the signatory on behalf of the State for an international commitment regarding telecommunications and cyberfraud, a sensitive area for digital sovereignty and police cooperation. By not providing for legislative ratification or a subsequent report, the instrument transfers the decision and control over what was agreed upon to the Executive, and limits parliamentary oversight to the record published in La Gaceta. For readers, the practical consequence is that an act with international legal effects is formalized solely with the certification of a presidential agreement.

Source: La Gaceta, Official Gazette No. 197, Tuesday, October 27, 2026, Government House, p. 10538 (official reference: Presidential Agreement No. 141-2026).