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Bloomberg
Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega is on course for a landslide in Sunday’s presidential election after he jailed his main opponents.
With nearly half of ballots tallied, the 75-year-old former guerrilla had 75% of the votes, according to a partial count by the electoral authority published in state-run-newspaper El 19. The US, the European Parliament and Human Rights Watch have all denounced the election as a farce.
In a speech, Ortega called his opponents “demons†and “terrorists†as voting went ahead. With seven of Ortega’s rivals either in jail or under house arrest, and with international monitors barred, he is expected easily to win a fourth consecutive 5-year term.