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FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, a masked protestor holds up a Nicaraguan flag above the Spanish graffiti phrase: The state did it, during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega on National Children s Day in Managua, Nicaragua. Nineteen Nicaraguans who say they suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of their country s security forces during anti-government protests from April to August 2018 testified in San Jose, Costa Rica to a panel of legal and psychological experts the week of Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, a masked protestor holds up a Nicaraguan flag above the Spanish graffiti phrase: The state did it, during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega on National Children s Day in Managua, Nicaragua. Nineteen Nicaraguans who say they suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of the
Nicaragua opposition figure seeks rule changes for 2021 vote
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 11, 2020 at 8:26 pm EDT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua Leading Nicaraguan opposition figure Juan Sebastián Chamorro expressed hope Friday that the opposition will be able to win some reforms to make the country’s November 2021 elections fairer.
Chamorro, a leader of the Alianza Civica group, said he would like to “be able to force seven electoral reforms from the regime of President Daniel Ortega,” who has been in power since 2007.
“If not, it will be an illegitimate process and people won’t vote,” Chamorro said. “The present conditions are very tough, and I think it will be hard to participate” in the vote unless there are changes.
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