After elections with imprisoned opponents, PT celebrated Ortega’s victory in Nicaragua

a Daniel Ortega re-elected in Nicaragua, rejected by the governments of the major Western democracies, was celebrated by the Labor Party (PT), which, in a statement, classified last Sunday’s election as a “great popular and democratic demonstration”. The election that gave Ortega a victory, according to official figures with 75% of the vote, took place after a series of arrests of opponents, including opponents of the Sandinistas and seven potential opponents in the dispute, including his Sandinista counterpart. The main antagonist, Christiana Chamorro.

Preliminary results, which indicate the re-election of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, from FSLN [Frente Sandinista de Libertação Nacional], confirms the population’s support for a political project whose main objective is to build a socially just and egalitarian country”, states the memorandum, which was published on Monday evening and signed by Romeno Pereira, Secretary of International Relations of the party. He added that “this victory will be achieved despite numerous attempts to destabilize The stability of the government and the international embargo against Nicaragua and its current government, a situation that primarily punishes the poorest and most needy.”

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With no opponents and with the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) controlled by government allies, the president was re-elected for his fourth consecutive term.

In Latin America, countries with left-wing governments, such as Peru, have also rejected elections that “do not meet the minimum standards for free, fair and transparent elections set forth in the Democratic Charter for American States,” according to a statement from Pedro Castillo’s presidency. Other countries such as Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia celebrated the results.

The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), this Tuesday, urged the countries of the region to act after the “illegal elections” in the country, saying in a tweet, “We reject the results of the illegal elections in Nicaragua.” I urge the countries of the Organization of American States to respond to this clear violation of the Democratic Charter during their General Assembly.”

I lived to say: “I realized I was the next person to be arrested, as Ortega no longer respected the old fighters”

In August of this year, former President Lula himself asked Ortega – who has been in power for more than 25 years in the past 40 years – to respect democracy, during an interview with the Mexican channel once.

“When we think we have no one to replace us, we become dictators,” Lula said in the interview. When I was a union president, I called a trade union and decided that a union president could only be elected twice. When I was President of the Republic, many people wanted me to have a third term, but I did not accept that, because I generally support a rotation of power. There must be a shift in the state governance of society to improve its democratic participation.

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After the outcome, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Washington was prepared to use various tools, including possible sanctions, visa restrictions, and coordinated actions with its allies against those who support the “undemocratic actions” of the Nicaraguan authorities.

Today, U.S. Under Secretary of State for American Affairs Ricardo Zuniga said Ortega imposed a “personality-based dictatorship” which he compared to the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza, the dictator who was ousted in the Sandinista revolution of 1979. The European Union also rejected the results, with the results stating that the elections “complete Nicaragua has become an authoritarian regime.

After the criticism, Ortega classified the United States as “imperialist” and “fascist” and, in the case of Spain, “a descendant of Franco.” He also accused the political prisoners in his regime of being the “sons of a whore of the Yankee imperialists”.

They must be transferred to the United States. They are not Nicaraguans and have no homeland! He said in a ballooning speech on Monday in Revolution Square in the heart of the capital, Managua.

The president, who has ruled the country since 2007, now has the support of less than 20% of the population, according to an October Gallup poll, a sharp decline after 2018 proteststhat took over the country and left dozens dead.