The impartiality of Nicaragua’s Electoral Tribunal is seriously questioned by the opposition but also internationally by the European Union and the Organization of American States (OAS).
Rivas announced that Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, had earned 71% of all votes with ballots from 21.3% of polling stations counted.
Questionable impartialityA supporter of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega holds up a flag of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in Managua.
Ortega will use the outcome of the election to try to legitimate his own style of authoritarian governmentCelebrations broke out in several parts of the capital, Managua, where sympathizers of the Sandinista Front expressed their joy at the prospect of seeing Ortega in office for a third consecutive term.
Additionally, Ortega’s system of public relief for the poor is under stress because of the political crisis in Venezuela, its oil partner.
Fuente original: Central America: Daniel Ortega wins third presidential term in Nicaragua | In English | EL PAÍS
