Carter Defends Nicaragua Elections
Former US President James Carter has rejected in this capital criticism by an observer mission headed by his country's Ambassador to Nicaragua Paul Trivelli, questioning the Nicaraguan elections accountability.

"I spoke to the State Secretary Condoleezza Rice, who has a higher ranking than the local officials, and she did not have objections (to the electoral process)," Carter asserted in a press conference Tuesday at a Managua hotel.

The ex-president asserted that "there are no doubts regarding the elections integrity." He also recalled that the communique by the Trivelli group was issued on Sunday, before the voting concluded.

The US embassy had few observers, while the OAS, the European Union, and the Carter Center sent around 700 experts, the ex president said.

All the international and national observing organizations coincided in highlighting the Nicaraguan electoral process accountability.