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Nicaragua’s Legislature Promotes a New Electoral Fraud Confidencial | Archive Confidencial | Archive
Ortega deputies and their allies approve Electoral Council magistrates and electoral reforms, which maintain the advantage of the FSLN in elections
6 mayo, 2021
The National Assembly, controlled by Ortega, on Tuesday appointed the new magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE in Spanish) tailored to his ruling Sandinista Front, opening the doors to a new fraud in the upcoming elections on November 7.
The deputies re-elected magistrates Lumberto Campbell and Mayra Salinas, from the Sandinista Front. In addition, they appointed Brenda Rocha Chacón, Alma Nubia Baltodano Marcenaro, Devoney McDavis Alvarez and Adriana Marina Molina Fajardo proposed by the FSLN.
ZLC will Hold Virtual Trade Fair
From March 1 to 5, 2021, the Colon Free Zone will hold its first multisector virtual trade fair, in which 200 exhibitors will participate and participants will be able to access product catalogs and receive direct attention from suppliers.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 The trade fair will feature a wide variety of mass consumption products, regional distribution logistics services and value-added products, informed the Colon Free Zone (CFZ).
According to the organization of the event, there will also be important activities such as the third Business Roundtable of the Colon Free Zone and learn more about this great free zone with the Master Conferences that will take place during the 5 days of the fair.
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MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaragua’s congress overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday to regulate what can be published on social media and in the news, a move critics condemned as a brazen attempt to muzzle opposition to President Daniel Ortega.
Under the so-called cyber crime law, prison terms of up to four years can be handed down for anyone found guilty of publishing fake news on social media or news outlets.
Those who reveal information that is “not authorized” by the government face prison sentences of four to six years, while people who access or divulge information that puts national security at risk face jail terms of up to eight years.
Nicaragua's congress overwhelmingly passed legislation on Tuesday to regulate what can be published on social media and in the news, a move critics condemned as a brazen attempt to muzzle opposition to President Daniel Ortega.