Problematic Presidential Election in Nicaragua

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On Sunday, November 6, 2016, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega won a fourth term, taking just over 72% of the vote, with his wife and first lady, Rosario Murillo, as his running mate. Observers noted that Murillo has long functioned as Ortega’s unofficial co-president. Yet the legitimacy of the entire election was called into question, given the removal of the main opposition coalition from the ballot last June. Despite the power couple’s clear popular base, critics across the region and all over the ideological spectrum condemned the electoral process as a farce. 

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