Weekly Report - 03 November 2016 (WR-16-43)

A series of protests against the legitimacy of Nicaragua’s general elections, being staged on 6 November, took place in several places around the country this week. Supporters of the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) prevented some of the protest marches from being carried out as planned. Opposition movements urged voters to boycott the elections in a tacit acknowledgement that there is next to nothing to stop President Daniel Ortega from coasting to victory for a third consecutive term on a joint ticket alongside his politically influential wife Rosario Murillo. Ortega has systematically emasculated the opposition and barred credible candidates from running in the presidential elections. Opposition parties see a low turnout as the only way to land a blow on Ortega.

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