Organisation of American States says Nicaragua’s elections lack legitimacy

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo (Alfredo Zuniga/AP)

The general assembly of the Organisation of American States voted to condemn Nicaragua’s November 7 presidential vote, saying the elections “were not free, fair or transparent, and lack democratic legitimacy”.

Twenty-five countries in the Americas voted in favour of the resolution, while seven, including Mexico, abstained.