Nicaragua's Ortega leads in vote tally after jailing rivals
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was ahead by a wide margin Monday in his bid for a fourth consecutive term in preliminary vote tallies for an election widely considered rigged.
Ortega had received 75%, an apparently insurmountable total, with nearly half of polling places counting, said Brenda Rocha, president of the Supreme Electoral Council. Trailing far behind were a handful of little-known candidates.
The strongest potential opponents were in jail rather than on the ballot.
At the close of voting Sunday, the U.S. President Joe Biden called the election a “pantomime.” The country’s opposition had urged voters to boycott and voting Sunday appeared light, despite Rocha’s report of a turnout of 65%.
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