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Caribbean & Central America - October 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)
NICARAGUA: Ortega receives foreign endorsement
As was the case in the November 2008 municipal elections, electoral observation is proving a key issue ahead of Nicaragua’s 6 November general election. Unlike the 2008 contest, which took place in the absence of local and international electoral observers and saw a sweeping victory for President Daniel Ortega’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) amid claims of widespread fraud, Ortega is now publicly welcoming foreign delegations. This is no doubt in the hope of making the 2011 electoral process – and his likely victory – appear credible despite the ongoing question marks over the constitutional standing of his candidacy.
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