ALBA Rejects U.S.
Intervention in
Nicaraguan Elections
Caracas - Countries of
the Bolivarian
Alternative for the
Americas (Alba) rejected
U.S. intervention in the
Nicaraguan elections,
according to a
communique published
Sunday in Venezuela.
"We strongly reject the
U.S. intervention in the
internal issues of
Nicaragua and we
reaffirm that past
elections are of
exclusive competence of
the Nicaraguan People
and their institutions,"
Alba said in the
communique published by
the Venezuelan Foreign
Ministry.
After an unprecedented
victory by the
Nicaraguan ruling party
during the Nov. 9
elections, the
Nicaraguan government
confronted the U.S.
interference policy,
which tried to discredit
the administration of
Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega and his
institutions.
Meanwhile, a political
dispute also took place
over electoral results
between the ruling party
Frente Sandinista de
Liberacion Nacional (FSLN)
and opposition party
Partido Liberal
Constitucionalista
(PLC).
"President Daniel
Ortega, as well as the
FSLN, have given
examples of democracy,
when contending at
elections during the
1980s and peacefully
giving the government to
there successors," Alba
said.
The Alba member
countries -- Cuba,
Bolivia, Nicaraguan,
Honduras, Venezuela and
the Dominican Republic
-- congratulated Ortega
and the FSLN for the
results of the
elections, which
consolidated the
development of the
people's movements and
leftists in Latin
America.
"The peoples and the
governments of the Alba
ratify our most strong
solidarity with the
Nicaraguan People and we
recognize the
professionalism of the
FSLN institutions," Alba
said.
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