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Weekly Report - 08 December 2016 (WR-16-48)
NICARAGUA: Almagro visit fails to assuage democracy concerns
Last week the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, paid a visit to Managua where he met President Daniel Ortega, members of the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN), the political opposition, civil-society groups, the Catholic Church, the private sector, and the international community. The declared aim of Almagro’s visit – which was made at Ortega’s behest – was to discuss the contentious 6 November general elections which produced a sweeping re-election victory for Ortega [WR-16-44], slammed by the opposition for the absence of reputable international observers and various rulings by FSLN-controlled institutions against the opposition. With all eyes now focused on the report on the electoral process Almagro has promised to deliver by 15 January, his visit served rather as a rallying point for opposition protests, highlighting a further civil-society complaint – the government’s increasingly repressive response to dissent.
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