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Weekly Report - 26 May 2016 (WR-16-20)

NICARAGUA: Opposition selects candidate to face Ortega

Earlier this month the Coalición Nacional por la Democracia – the opposition’s latest attempt to unite against President Daniel Ortega’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) – unveiled its presidential candidate ahead of the 6 November general elections. Its choice of Luis Roberto Callejas, a national deputy for the coalition’s biggest member, Partido Liberal Independiente (PLI), stands little chance against Ortega, whose re-election bid is due to be officially launched next month and the political opposition is once again flagging up electoral transparency concerns ahead of the vote.

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