Caribbean & Central America - 16 November 2004
Sandinistas use success in municipal elections to sideline Bolaños
Nicaragua's leftwing opposition, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, swept the municipal elections on 7 November. No sooner had the scale of the party's victory been confirmed than its leader, Daniel Ortega, orchestrated an effort to redraw the constitution that, if successful, would clip the wings of incumbent President Enrique Bolaños.
Nicaragua's leftwing opposition, the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, swept the municipal elections on 7 November. No sooner had the scale of the party's victory been confirmed than its leader, Daniel Ortega, orchestrated an effort to redraw the constitution that, if successful, would clip the wings of incumbent President Enrique Bolaños.
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