MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Amid allegations that the ruling Sandinista party rigged the Nov. 9 municipal elections in their favor, the Nicaraguan opposition is backing a proposal in that country's Congress that would annul the results and set up new elections.
But President Daniel Ortega calls the proposal "illegal" and announced a decree last Friday that he says would block the opposition's allegedly unconstitutional maneuver. He announced the decree after nearly two weeks of violence that broke out in the capital and other cities upon allegations of electoral fraud from opposition leaders. ...
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