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On November 7, Nicaragua held elections in which current president Daniel Ortega received 75% support and, as a result, begins a new term of office in January. Not surprisingly, the US government described the election as a “sham.” Of more concern is that many on the left seem to agree. William Robinson’s NACLA article, “Nicaragua: […]
The recent Nicaraguan election was a sham vote, and Ortega runs the country with an iron fist in the same dictatorial style as Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.
Families of Nicaragua’s political prisoners joined with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy to launch a campaign to demand “Christmas without Political Prisoners.”