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Nicaraguan
Leader's Allies Protest At US Embassy
MANAGUA - The Nicaraguan
government accused the United States of
applying an "interventionist and
destabilizing policy" Thursday after the
U.S. ambassador criticized a ruling allowing
leftist President Daniel Ortega to seek
re-election.
The Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry issued a
statement saying that it "considers
unacceptable the intervention of the United
States in internal affairs and sovereign
decisions," but added that it wants
"relations of understanding, cooperation,
and respect with all governments in the
world, including the United States."
Ortega's supporters protested outside the
U.S. Embassy in Managua, the capital,
Thursday, and called for U.S. Ambassador
Robert Callahan to be declared "persona non
grata" for criticizing last week's Supreme
Court ruling.
"He should leave Nicaragua," labor leader
Gustavo Porras said of Callahan.
Porras spoke outside the Embassy as several
hundred protesters waved red flags and set
off firecrackers. Some of the Embassy's
signs and outside walls were defaced during
the protest.
Callahan said Wednesday that the Supreme
Court decision overturning a ban on
consecutive re-election could undermine "the
foundations of Nicaragua's democracy."
Opponents call the ruling by a panel of
Ortega-aligned justices illegal. AFP |
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