Nicaragua: US, Stop Interfering in Election
Nicaraguan Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC) legislator Wilfredo Navarro said Friday the US International Republican Institute (IRI) is trying to confuse Nicaraguan voters.

The IRI is supposed to have a non-governmental character, but it seeks to affect the Nov 5 Nicaraguan presidential elections Navarro told local radio.

As reported by Mexican daily La Jornada, the IRI is seen by political organizations as an agency of the US Embassy to support Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Eduardo Montealegre.

The US organization´s office in Managua used an expired norm in its training seminars for ALN and Movimiento Renovador, reported the Electoral Council´s Julio Acuña.

National Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) legal representative Edwin Castro has asked for the expulsion of IRI representatives for their meddling in Nicaraguan domestic policy.