RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Nicaraguan National Assembly (Parliament), controlled by the ruling party, elected this Tuesday the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), mostly Sandinistas, given the general elections of next November, in which President Daniel Ortega aspires to his third consecutive reelection.
Nicaraguan Parliament elects Sandinistas as electoral arbitrators. (Photo internet reproduction)
The Sandinista legislators and their allies, who have an absolute majority in Congress, reelected as electoral magistrates former guerrilla Lumberto Campbell and Mayra Salinas.
They also elected as electoral arbitrators the “former Sandinista combatant” Brenda Rocha and Alma Nubia Baltodano Marcenaro, sister of the “guerrilla commander” Monica Baltodano.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Julie Chung on Monday, May 3rd, urged Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Sandinista deputies to make the electoral system more credible when they discuss an announced electoral reform. President Ortega and his supporters should take this opportunity to make the electoral system more credible, the diplomat said in a message sent to the media by the U.S. Embassy in Managua.
The Nicaraguan Parliament, controlled by the ruling party, plans to discuss Electotal Law reforms, proposed by the Sandinistas, which are seen by the opposition as a . . .
Crisis Communications TechCamp kicks off with Virtual Meet and Greet Session
Home | News & Events | Crisis Communications TechCamp kicks off with Virtual Meet and Greet Session Opening Remarks were made by [L-R] Elizabeth Riley, Acting Executive Director, CDEMA and Julie J. Chung, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. State Department. The Session Chair was Larry Socha, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Bridgetown.
A virtual meet and greet session for participants of the Crisis Communication TechCamp took place on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The event was coordinated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), U.S. Embassies of the Eastern Caribbean, and ECA TechCamp.