Nicaragua, Presidential Candidate Buried
Thousands of Nicaraguans, President Enrique Bolaños included, Wednesday attended the burial of Herty Lewites, Presidential Candidate of Alliance Renewed Sandinista Movement.

The corpse of the politician who died on Sunday due to a sudden heart attack, was buried in his home region of Jinotepe, 31 miles south Mnagua, on Wednesday afternoon.

The funeral was attended by former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro (1990-1997) and other outstanding local politicians.

The son-in-law of the former dignitary, economist Edmundo Jarquin, will be the new presidential candidate in substitution for Lewites and representing a party mainly formed by former members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

Jarquin, a technocrat working abroad as official of the Inter American Development Bank during the last years, was Lewites´ fellow in the coming elections on November 5.

The new candidate for the vice-presidency will be the singer and song-writer Carlos Mejias Godoy, author of well-known themes of the Nicaraguan folklore and the anthem of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.