US Messes With Nicaragua Elections
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) General Secretary Daniel Ortega denounced Friday that the US is manipulating in the OAS to prevent the people ó s triumph in the next Nicaraguan elections.

In its attempt to hinder the victory of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Washington, traditionally allied to the country ó s most conservative sectors, has also intensified its open interference in the process, Ortega explained.

In addition to extending its media campaign to delegitimitize the electoral process, the US has given a document to Organization of American States Managua representative Gustavo Fernandez, which was apparently drawn up by US citizen John Negroponte, he affirmed.

The document denigrates the National Electoral Council, describes the elections as flawed, and accuses the FSLN of fraud, Ortega expostulated.

The presidential candidate, leading the polls, warned that the battle would be difficult but that the vote count would have the last word. He expressed his confidence in victory and said the transparence of elections should be corroborated by participant attorneys instead of imposed observers.

Meanwhile, Ortega confirmed he traveled to Cuba to express his solidarity with President Fidel Castro and the Cuban people, and called to multiply efforts in the battle against the unjust imprisonment of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters.