Weekly Report - 11 October 2005

NICARAGUA: Zoellick brings US into electoral process

Central America & Carribean 11 October 2005 Modified: 11 October 2005 303 views

In Washington's most overt intervention in a Latin American electoral process since 1946, US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick went to Nicaragua to throw his country's weight behind what he called the 'third way' - represented by Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites - and against the Sandinistas led by Daniel Ortega and the Liberals led by Arnoldo Alemán.

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