Mejia Godoy Hospitalized in Nicaragua
Singer and songwriter Carlos Mejia Godoy aspirant to the Nicaraguan vice presidency by the Sandinista Renewing party was urgently hospitalized suffering from renal colic.

According to a press release issued by the Movement and quoted by La Primerisima Radio Station, Mejia Godoy, at the age of 63, remains stable and under medical control.

The artist returned to Nicaragua from Costa Rica on Thursday after offering a spectacle to the Nicaraguan community living in that nation and carrying out propaganda activities accompanied by his partner Edmundo Jarquin.

Mejia Godoy assumed the candidacy in July in substitution for Jarquin similarly replacing the original candidate, Managua´s former Mayor Herty Lewites, after his death from a heart attack.

According to the surveys, the MRS, founded by former leaders and members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, and the Constitutionalist Liberal Party, headed by Jose Rizo, are the contenders disputing the third place of vote intention.

Meanwhile, Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, followed by Eduardo Montealegre from the Nicaraguan Liberal Allinace, heads the electoral race to be decided on November 5.

Eden Pastora, representative of the Alternativa para el Cambio Party holds the fifth and last position.

However, none of the candidates has achieved 35 percent of the votes needed to win the elections and so predictions do not rule out a second round.