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A Step of Unity and Encouragement for Nicaragua

The gathering was a first step is to show that Nicaraguans can unite to cooperate to achieve a common political objective.

Exiled opponents of the Ortega-Murillo regime call on the international community to declare the upcoming elections in Nicaragua illegitimate

“Everything an electoral process needs, in terms of freedom, pluralism, equal opportunity, has been swept away by the government…”

The EU maintians that the Ortega-Murillo government “has eliminated the possibility of any serious electoral competition.”.

The exiled opposition members called the upcoming election in Nicaragua a farce stating that it lacks all credibility.

When the personality cult and populism proved insufficient, the regime turned to violence and arbitrary actions to spread fear…

They maintain that the joint declaration of “repudiation and rejection” of the elections is a “message of hope” for Nicaragua.

Yolidia Hernandez from Nicaragua took our photo of the day: “Owl Butterfly” in Ometepe, Nicaragua.

Jaime Navarrete is a political prisoner who has now spent over three years in the maximum-security cells of Ortega’s jail known as “El Modelo”

Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo are running virtually unopposed since all the main opposition candidates are in jail.