president daniel ortega and his wife, the vice president, say those arrested were guilty of terrorismcked their country. from neighbouring costa rica, exiled opponents have urged their countrymen to boycott the vote, hoping abstention will send the government a message. translation: on the seventh of november, nicaraguans would say no to this. no two daniel ortega's kidnappings and as long as our nicaraguan mothers still in this country closer door in this dictatorship, those of us in exile will raise our voices for those who are kidnapped. it our voices for those who are kidnapped-— kidnapped. it is not “ust exiled candidates h kidnapped. it is notjust exiled candidates who l kidnapped. it is notjust - exiled candidates who can't reach nicaragua, as daniel ortega essentially holds this vote the hind closed doors. the government of daniel ortega has told us we are not allowed into nicaragua to cover this election. that is no meaningful opposition candidates, no international election observers and now no foreign media either. critics say this is an election in name only. while some ca

reportera: los simpatizantes de daniel ortega salieron a la calle a celebrar la victoria de daniel ortegansolidado ayer. seguiremos trabajando para incidir de forma directa. reportera: varios miembros de la comunidad internacional tampoco reconocen los resultados, incluyendo al presidente biden y a la comunidad europea. el observatorio independiente urnas abiertas estima una abstenciÓn del 80%. >> para hacerle sincera, el ambiente se siente triste. >> seguir trabajando. reportera: el gobierno tiene mÁs de 200 presos polÍticos. >> algunos pocos tienen juicios iniciados. es una irregularidad total. reportera: el consejo supremo electoral darÁ a conocer el conteo de votos. jorge: la compaÑÍa regeneron dice que su medicamento ofrece una alta eficacia. ♪ ♪ [mÚsica] mijo, tenemos que hablar. ¿qué hice? me compré el nuevo y poderoso iphone 13 pro en t-mobile. mira lo que grabé con tu mamá usando el nuevo modo de cine del iphone. ¿ves cómo cambia el enfoque? ¡guau! ¿ves este ícono? con el 5g de ultracapacidad de t-mobile lo puedo compartir aún más rápido. está cool, pero no lo compartas. ya lo ma

president daniel ortega is widely expected to maintain his grip on power, after clamping down on hissta rica, will grant sent this report. if this were a normal election, the people of nicaraguans would be reflecting on a long, hard fought campaign and deciding who to install as the next president. however, this is far from a normal vote. nor, critics say, is it a legitimate one. this year, president daniel ortega has arrested more than 35 opposition figures, including seven presidential candidates under a draconian treason law. others have been forced into exile. in the toothless electoral fight that remains, he's all but guaranteed victory. president ortega and his wife, the vice president rosario murillo, say those arrested were guilty of terrorism and sedition, calling them criminals who attacked their country. from neighbouring costa rica, exiled opponents have urged their countrymen to boycott the vote, hoping abstention will send the sandinista government a message. translation: on the 7th| of november, nicaraguans will say no to this electoral farce, no to ortega's kidnapping

that'll welcome by protesters, but will not consent daniel ortega. of meaningful rivals and with no election observers orjournalists present. and they will use such electoral theatre to justify remaining in powerfor years to come. will grant, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: tributes are paid to one of iran's most prominent cartoonists who's died from covid—i9. the bombastic establishment outsider donald trump has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public. eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display - but on the local campaign l headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. i berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who do

and it's notjust exiled candidates who can't reach nicaragua, as daniel ortega essentially holds this election. that's no meaningful opposition candidates, no international election observers and now no foreign media either. critics say this is an election in name only. while some can't enter nicaragua, others are desperate to leave. there's been a sharp rise in the numberfleeing ortega's autocratic rule, including hundreds whojoined a migrant caravan slowly making its way across southern mexico. since 2018, when more than 300 were killed in anti—ortega protests, the us has ramped up sanctions on the government, but many say they're ineffective in forcing change. this then will be a vote largely for ortega loyalists. when the president is surely re—elected in a landslide, his supporters will claim it was free and fair and dismiss criticism as an international plot against him. in reality, after 1a consecutive years of daniel ortega and his wife in power, this vote will consolidate their increasingly repressive and dynastic rule. will grant, bbc news, costa rica. let's take a look at s

the us in europe lead international condemnation of nicaragua was long time leda daniel ortega describing his re election as a false calls for the un to investigate off to palestinian rights groups accuse israel of hacking activists focus ah. the conflicts in ethiopia to cry reach and is at risk of becoming a nationwide civil war. that's the warning today from the un security council, which matters. rebels threatened to march on the capital, addis ababa government forces slipping, battling them for a year. now, the african unions envoys meeting local leaders to push for de escalation. as mike hannah reports from the united nations. the message to the security council is clear, the time is short, the window to secure a mediated settlement. the conflict is closing in a country over a 110000000 people over 90 different ethnic groups and 80 languages. no one can predict what continued fighting and insecurity will bring. but let me be clear. what is certain is that the risk of ethiopia descending into a widening civil war is only to real. the council was addressed remotely by the african repre

until a few years ago, it might have looked like daniel ortega had mellowed out with age... >> ortega: crear la condiciones. >> alfonsi: ...a far cry from the revolutionary president carter invited to the white house in 1979. ortega's sandanista guerillas were credited with bringing down the somoza family dictatorship in nicaragua. later, they fought off the u.s.-sponsored contras. >> ortega: la revolucion nicaraguuÜense. >> alfonsi: ...sat down with our mike wallace. >> ortega: muy generoso. >> alfonsi: ortega was voted out of office in 1990, but returned to power in 2006, promising to fight corruption. instead, he tightened his grip on the country-- first, changing the constitution so he could serve more terms, then making his wife, rosario murillo, an eccentric, new-age poet, his vice president. their children also hold key positions in nicaragua. eight of the couple's nine children were made presidential advisors. they oversee a lucrative oil distribution business, and most of the country's tv channels. but even as the ortega family's wealth has exploded, nicaragua remains the sec

daniel ortega warner on 76 percent of the vote on sunday. most opposition triggers were arrested or bored from running. the u. s. is fully reopened to many international travelers. 20 months after the pandemic shot them out. visitors from more than 30 countries had been banned since early last year to come in now they need proof of vaccination and the negative. cobit 19 test results. land borders with mexico and canada of also properly reopened. john holeman is at the crossing, near towana. on the us mexican border as we were in the sunny seat row, which is the busiest border crossing point in the americas. and you can see the cars sort of rolling down here going towards the united states. so united states checkpoints, united states officials here, and the people that live in this city, tiquana, they've got a really cross border lifestyle. they've got call to the if you're a resident in t one or you can go 25 miles into the united states. so a lot of people do that for their shopping, where they want to go to restaurants when they want to go

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and daniel ortega is running virtually unopposed in sunday's voters. let's cross live now to costa rica where are latin american, the editor, lucy, a newman is wandering the story for us. lucy, the last 3 presidential elections has been described as anti constitutional and not transparent. how is this election expected to play house? hi there. well, 1st let me tell you where we are. we are in a low income neighbourhood, in the costa rican capital, where 70 percent of the residents are from nicaragua. thousands of them are exiles who have fled their country, and those numbers have increased over the last few months as president. daniel ortega has launched a major crackdown against critics, and that includes 7 of the would be main presidential candidates who are now imprisoned. others have been barred from running in nicaragua itself. a critics of the government are using the social networks to appeal to the people to not vote to stay at home and not cast a ballot him what they are calling of fraudulent election. the catholic church has also added its vo

protesting against last month military takeover and nicaraguans go to the polls as president, daniel ortega runs for a full consecutive tim and his political opponents face a heavy handed crack down, but he december to the sport india and knocked out of the t 12. he woke up following new zealand when over afghanistan and mexican boxer come alvarez, make history, become the police lat from american undisputed champion of the world. ah, hello and welcome to the program. we begin in iraq where ladies have condemned what they're calling an assassination attempt on the prime minister as a heinous and cowardly attack. drones targeted mustafah alcott, he needs residents in the highly secured grains on, in the early hours of sunday, iran con reports it's been called and attempted assassination and explosion followed by gunfire on prime minister must have alcorda him, his residence in the most secure part of europe. the heavily fortified green zone of baghdad. according to the prime minister's office, drones carrying explosives were used in the attack, caught him, he was unharmed and spoke to the na

this was not a matter of who would win about whether daniel ortega has won the election, but rather were there he has stolen and grabbed the election. the united, the european union has just put out a statement saying that it does not recognize the legitimacy of elections which were not competitive and that it will consider what moves to take next beyond sanctions against individuals in nicaragua, the united states government was among the 1st is to called the selection of sham and to also say that it would come, would take measures. it did not expect to apply which but all that were at the disposal of the u. s. government and its allies to put pressure on the ortega government to restore, quote, democracy in that country. the u. s. as we opened his boulders to all vaccinated travelers for the 1st time in 20 months, visitors for more than 30 countries, including the u. k. china and the e. u had been banned since early 2020. when pandemic restrictions began. they can enter with a negative k 19 test. a mexico us board has also opened more than 15000000 people crossed into united states fro

only issue is not whether nic robin president daniel ortega one sunday's controversial election. but rather whether he seized it. ortega had imprisoned scores of critics, including 7 of the most competitive, would be candidates and barred, independent observers and journalists from entering the country. international condemnation was swift and harsh, nor saw not religion and leaders. this was not a free election. this should not surprise us because this was a chronicle of fraud and foretold williams. countries from chile to neighboring costa rica to the united states and the european union denounced the election as illegitimate and democratic. and a pantomime saying they would not recognize the results. but venezuela hubert and russia have rushed war. take this defense. look here, when you, my uncle was the girl. when the voting was over yesterday evening, the white house announced its refusal to recognize it and called on other countries to do the same. we considered unacceptable and firmly condemned such a policies through the biden administration, and the e. u is already consi

running. foreign journalists were barred from entering the country to cover the voting. president, daniel ortega and his wife, sally moody, you the vice president. nevertheless, hale the election as fair free and democratic ortega then described opponents and their alleged foreign backers as terrorists. soon, the more you see our demons, demons who do not want peace, who do not want tranquillity for our country. they upped for violence, for war, for slander, for campaigns, for what, so that nicaragua is once again plunged into violent confrontations. oh, la lydia lopez is one of the many who did not float. still in mourning for her 21 year old son, died done, whom she says was murdered by ortega, security forces during an anti government protest. i read all the time where we go . now there's be no justice because you know how we are with your take a maria regime for them. these victims don't exist. there be no murders or political prisoners. oh, why public protest been outlawed in nicaragua? in neighboring cluster, we got thousands of nicaraguan refugees march to denounce what they insisted was

since president daniel ortega launched a new crack down against opponents. earlier this year, the number of nicaraguans attempting to reach the united states has more than quadrupled according to the u. s. customs and border patrol. but the vast majority come here to costa rica to work in the fields, like the cassette his family. they to say they had to abandon their farm in nicaragua because they protested against ortega's plans to take their land. now they're struggling to afford rent and food. so 2 of their 4 children are helping unpaid coffee o knocked it there, even though we were poor in nicaragua, we were in our country, but the fear that they'll suddenly come and kill you while you're working. we're walking down the road is too heavy. because that's what they're doing. it's hard work when the beans, so green and even with the whole family working all day from 6 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. they'll be lucky if they make about $8.00 to date. yet as difficult as it is for people who work here in the countryside to make a living, it's much mo

when one of the revolutions leaders was daniel ortega, he went on to become president, amid a bloody counter revolutionary war financed by the united states. the conflict ended with a new election in which would take a last. he promised to return and he did own bath. this time to stay 14 years after returning to the presidency than usual, data is going for a 4th consecutive and contested term. it is from exiled human rights advocate. gonzalez, guardian explains how he achieves it through absolute concentration of power. he made a pact with the church, the business sector, and some opposition parties, his former enemies, and ended up controlling alby institutions, including the supreme court and the electoral council. therefore, after returning in january 2007, he swore in the armed forces and police reminding them of their routes that they were sandinista party institutions. but 3 years ago or take us alliances began crumbling when mass protests led by students turned into a national uprising and cause for the restoration of democratic institutions. even his want, staunchest allies h

daniel ortega - is, david.this race injune of this year when he sent police to the home of his biggest rival and placed under house arrest and then followed a slew of further arrests and detentions, house arrests and detentions, house arrests and detentions, house arrests and of course people have either been forced into exile or are behind bars. seven presidential candidates in total and of course in that environment this is just a one horse race and he made sure that it was completely toothless, you know, all of the opponents against him and no doubt they will hand him victory very soon and it will probably be in a landslide. jae probably be in a landslide. joe biden has _ probably be in a landslide. joe biden has described it, i think, is a farce, he is clearly not happy, there is talk on the state department of the sort of measures that still could be taken. fact is, well, ortega has been around in modern terms forever, hasn't he? and not much shifts him. there really isn't, here's the last of the cold war

danielle ortega has forbidden foreign journalists from covering the elections. however, we do have a local producer there who has been keeping us up to date on what is happening. the opposition had called our nicaraguans to boy part of the election to stay at home. and we understand that the streets of the garage door empty that that call has been heated early in the morning of the so nice and send in the party a right now there are a. busy busy who okay, lucy, hopefully you can hear us obviously quite aloud. protests in a big turn out. one of the ramifications if continues to be president. oh, it could be another window president, venue, k, god, this is sports or what do court consecutive? i mean, there had been washington to provide the international community. what i'm like with monday meeting from latin american countries in the united states. a, you know, the president don't take, it has pretty much been able to allow you to stay in power without guarantee the minimum democratic conditions, for example, for elections. as you know, all of the mainstream pres

nicaragua y familias que sostienen fotografÍas de sus seres queridos asesinados por el rÉgimen de daniel ortegaes de san josÉ para expresar su repudio total al resultado de los comicios, sean los que sean. patricia: vamos a la pausa. al volver, la policÍa colombiana frustra un atraco de pelÍcula. intentaba robarse un valioso botÍn de oro en medellÍn. el patricia: la policÍa de colombia frustrÓ este robo a un almacÉn de oro en medellÍn donde una veintena de hombres armados con pistolas y fusiles de asalto abrieron fuego en plena calle en su intento por llevar su millonario botÍn. se detuvieron a 11 personas. confiscaron seis pistolas, una sub ametralladora, seis chalecos antibalas y siete motocicletas. en el salvador, el ex presidente antonio saca y dos representantes de su partido tendrÁ que devolver millones de dÓlares. tendrÁ que devolver 6 millones de dÓlares y los otros dos acusados 2 millones cada uno. puede freÍr las papas muy rÁpido y sin quemarse. ♪♪ ♪♪ sigue inundando la indus patricia: la tecnologÍa sigue inundando la industria de servicios. hay un nuevo cocinero para los restaurantes

the campaign has been neither free nor fan. dozens of opposition figures have been arrested and daniel ortega's running virtually unopposed in sunday's vote. a latin america editor, lucy newman, explains how ortega has managed to stay in power. despite his dwindling popularity . it was wrong ago, 1979 when a revolution in nicaragua, over to the countries then dynastic dictatorship. one of the revolutions leaders was daniel ortega to went on to become president, amid a bloody counter revolutionary war financed by the united states. the conflict ended with a new election in which would take a last he promised to return and he did a little bit of this time to stay 14 years after returning to the presidency than usual, data is going for a 4th consecutive and contested term. it is from exiled human rights advocate, consult, guardian explains how he achieves it. through absolute concentration of power. he made a pact with the church, the business sector, and some opposition parties, his former enemies, and ended up controlling obie institutions, including the supreme court and the electoral council.

this means that president, daniel ortega, is virtually running unopposed. there have been a long standing complaints about his authoritarian form of government in nicaragua . but now many people, especially the ones here, say that they want their voices to be heard at least outside of nicaragua. because inside of nicaragua, the opposition media, for example, and critics of the, i mean, cannot express themselves, which is why they say they're doing it here. and the reason why we're here also is because the government, the president ortega, has bar to international journalist from covering this event as well. thank you very much for that. update our latin american, the editor, lucy newman. let's get some analysis now and bring in to the anna right. he's a central america analyst at international crisis group and joins is from a what a mile as city. thanks for joining us to the honor. we've just heard from our correspondent about protest in raleigh in costa rica. do you think these opposition voices will make a difference, or is this election just to sham? wel

is bad to impose new sanctions on nicaragua, off the election set for sunday. president daniel ortega is running unopposed, has nearly all opposition figures were arrested ahead of the polls. many hoped upcoming elections would bring a more democratic government and a neighboring costa rica, thousands of big regulations seek refuge to escape poverty from what they say is political repression. i let in america, and it understand human, spoke to some of those migrants in costa rica. this roll region in costa rica, near the border was nicaragua is to day home to 70 nicaraguan farmers who had to flee their own land. they were lucky to be able to rent this farm to raise and sell pigs in order to feed their families. there among the thousands of poor nicaraguan farmers who began protesting in 2013 against president daniel ortega's plan to expropriate their land and build a multi $1000000000.00 trans atlantic canal. by doing so, they became enemies of the state, along with tens of thousands of other nicaraguans who crossed into costa rica in the last 3 years to escape reprisals for taking pa

daniel ortega is boys to retain power in nicaragua, with dozens of opposition, politicians, and jail. ah, now rugs leaders have condemned what they're calling an assassination attempt on the prime minister as a heinous and cowardly act. armed drones targeted mustafah al academy is residents in the highly secured green zone. and the early hours of sunday and one con report, it's been cold and attempted assassination and explosion followed by gunfire on prime minister must of alchemy residence in the most secure part of europe. the heavily fortified green zone of baghdad. according to the prime minister's office, drones carrying explosives were used in the attack, caught him, he was unharmed and spoke to the nation shortly after. it had me with the mother to all of those who were worried, my residence was targeted in a cowardly attack. thanks to god and his grace, all of those working with me and i are doing well international condemnation. the attack was swift, the u. s. issued a statement of relief that the p. m. was unhurt and called it an apparent act of terrorism. rhonda slim is fr

what daniel ortega has organized is political circus. that's why we are dressed as close to mac his circus. we continue crying out for justice, for all those he has killed since taking power at least another 8 government critics were reportedly arrested in nicaragua before the polls opened. many of the exiles say they were forced to flee their country here into costa rica as exile. so that they wouldn't end up like these people who are among the more than 300 nicaraguans, were killed by police or paramilitary groups during the 2018 uprising. now, many nicaraguans are asking the international community to step up to the plate. u. s. government is expected to announce stronger sanctions against the ortega government shortly while the uses it considering what action to take to put further pressure on the government. as for the election results, with all the competitive oppositional candidates behind bars, the pole was never about who would get the most votes, but rather about mr. and mrs. were takers, permanent in power. see a newman al jaz

daniel ortega is going for a 4th consecutive term in the next years that are being widely described as fraudulent. the question is, how many people will actually go to the polls? ah, no rocks leaders have condemned what they calling an assassination attempt on the prime minister as a heinous and cowardly act. armed drones target said mister val academies, residents and the highly secured greens urn in the early hours of sunday. around con reports it's been called and attempted assassination and explosion followed by gunfire on prime minister must have alcorda means residence in the most secure part of iran, the heavily fortified green zone of baghdad. according to the prime minister's office, drones carrying explosives were used in the attack, caught him, he was unharmed and spoke to the nation shortly after it. actually, you with to all of those who were worried, my residence was targeted in a cowardly attack. thanks to god and his grace, all of those working with me and i are doing well international condemnation. the attack was swift, the u. s. issued a statement of relief that the

oh, well they wait for that miracle opponents of daniel ortega and his wife acknowledged that would they also need is to put aside their differences and join forces, something that has eluded them for years. amnesty international is predicting that there will be a new wave of repression against critics of the government following the selection, which should only fan the number of people who are fleeing from the country and looking for refuge elsewhere. like here in costa rica record numbers of nicaraguan tal ready joining others central americans in their quest to reach the united states. adding more pressure to an already unprecedented migration crisis in the region. to see in human al jazeera san jose costa rica, former george and president because suckers really has been transferred to a prison hospital. he's been on hunger strike for more than a month while in jail. sarcastically, supporters of been holding rallies took over his release. he was arrested last month when he returned from exile after being convicted in absentia of abuse of power. u. s. investigators of see $6000000.00 i

daniel ortega is expected to win a 4th term. most of the opposition has been barred from running the pole has been denounced as a pantomime by the us. hundreds of thousands of people have rallied across ethiopia in support of government forces. battling a rebel advance to ryan rebels, have already captured strategic towns along the highway to the capital. and i've also threatened to advance on addis ababa on china's ruling communist party is holding a key leadership meeting and beijing present. she's being is expected to further cement his authority. the meeting will lay the groundwork for the 2022 congress where she will also seek a 3rd 5 year term hundreds of top party officials, including state leaders, ministers, and military chiefs are all attending. well let's be to katrina you. she is in beijing for us, katrina, just a few months ago in august. i recall primary school started an intriguing. she's in being thoughts in their curricular culture personality that we saw with now and dang. now with this resolution on the ccp hi

daniel ortega is going for a 4th consecutive term in infections that are being wired and described as fraudulent. the question is, how many people will actually go to the polls? ah, no rocks leaders have condemned what they calling an assassination attempt on the prime minister as a heinous and cowardly act. ah, andirons target said mister val hatamio residence in my dad's green's own. he's safe and appealing for a calm restraint as tensions escalate across the city. security forces say they are tracking the drones movements as part of the investigation. it actually you a happy moment to all of those who were worried. my residence was targeted in a cowardly attack. thanks to god and his grace, all of those working with me and i are doing well. i would like to inform you that our heroic and courageous armed forces a working non stop for the stability and security of the country. these cowardly rockets and these cowardly drones do not help in building nations, nor can they be part of any future. we are keen on building our de nation with respect to the state it's institutions and also e

daniel ortega one around 76 per cent of sundays, vote securing a 4th term, but most opposition figures had been arrested or barred from running. a latin america is elissia. newman reports from san jose in neighboring costa rica. henley issue is new weather. nick robin president. daniel ortega one sunday's controversial election, but rather whether he seized it or take i had imprisoned. scores of critics, including 7 of the most competitive, would be candidates and barred, independent observers and journalists from entering the country. international condemnation was swift and harsh nor song resolution. amelia, this was not a free election. this should not surprise us because this was a chronicle of fraud and foretold countries. hm. chile to neighboring cluster rica to the united states and the european union denounced the election as illegitimate and democratic. and a pantomime saying they would not recognize the results, but venezuela, cuba and russia have rushed will take us defense. look here, when you, my uncle was the bill with the when the voting was over yesterday evening, the w

but while they wait for that miracle opponent of danielle ortega and his wife acknowledged that what they also need is to put aside their differences and join forces, something that has eluded them for years, amnesty international is predicting that there will be a new wave of repression against critics of the government following the selection, which should only fan the number of people who are fleeing from the country and looking for refuge elsewhere like here in costa rica. that good numbers of nicaragua and all ready joining us a central americans in their quest to reach the united states, adding more pressure to an already unprecedented migration crisis in the region. lucio newman al jazeera san jose costa rica, protested his. according for armine as prime minister to resign, the year after, he signed an unpopular ceasefire with as a by john thousands joined, a rally in the capital yerevan to mark the anniversary. the agreement ended fighting over the disputed nagondo kara back region, but it surrendered control of large areas of land tobacco. nicole passion. yeah, i'm has since

coming up here on this program, why the re election of maker argue as long time leader daniel ortega is being described as a foss and powering the future, indonesia starts were concerning stages. biggest floating solar plot. ah. a heavy rain. the last 24 hours has been banned, achieve fund off of sumatra every season, the satellite pictures, fair number of showers coming in to the south of vietnam, cambodia. and that little go across towards plenty of elijah and south of thailand . so that's a very wet area and it forces rainy seasons rap malaysian indonesia, and you see the orange tops here. western side of borneo throughout java is already flooding in the area and they will be more flooding. it's also been particularly wet, almost 90 percent of australia by land mass has or will have rain in the next day or so. the thunderstorms or the biggest, probably in the red center and it's down to western australia because his massive new south wales and even in melbourne, adelaide where recently it's been quite quiet, is turning a bit more clarity and sherry, and it really shows itself ther

was saying that president, daniel ortega won by nearly 75 percent of the votes, no surprise there. but the, what is interesting is what the opposition coalition that has that monitored the elections from inside nicaragua says it says that between 79 and 84 percent of nicaraguans abstained in that election. and that is pretty consistent with what we've been hearing from gallup polls. that, that indicate that president ortega's popularity is below 19 percent. now, the reaction, the international reaction has been swift and harsh. world leader is the same. this was not a matter of who would win about whether daniel ortega has won the election, but rather were there he has stolen and grabbed the election. the united, the european union has just put out a statement saying that it does not recognize the legitimacy of elections which were not competitive and that it will consider what moves to take next beyond sanctions against individuals in nicaragua, the united states government was among the 1st just to called the selection of sham and to also say that it would come would take measure

daniel ortega coming up will explain how he has managed to remain in power so long despite dwindling public support. ah, now the un security council has called for an end to the fighting and ethiopia. but a meeting to discuss the crisis has been postponed until next week. ethiopia has a year long conflict with rebels from the northern te grier region has wesson's in recent days. and now 9 opposition groups abroad have formed an alliance against prime minister. i'll be off bed. mike. hannah has gone out from the united nations, fall from the fields of conflict, ethiopia and opposition groups gather in washington, dc. 9 group signed an agreement to work together with the expressed intention of removing the ethiopian government by negotiation or force. utopia has been doing this. has been carried out of she's dramatic richmond county, almost like our port type didn't circle fruit, but this is a tire where we need to recognize every human being in the country. the government has dismissed the alliance as a publicity stunt. but it comes at a time that armed forces from the majority aroma

s. prison daniel ortega is running for a 4th term launch the unopposed, at least 40 opposition figures including 7 presidential candidates, have been jailed or banned from taking part. demonstrations against ortega have been held in neighboring costa rica with thousands of nicaragua. exxon's have fled in recent years. the protesters describe the elections as ash circus. they're demanding the release of political prisoners latin america edison. lucille newman has more from costa rica, the balsam closed in nicaragua, amid a very low voter turnout and an apparent response to calls in my, the opposition and, and the nicaraguan catholic church for citizens to stay at home and pull. not legitimize a fraudulent election president daniel, or treat a did make a speech after he and his wife rosario rodeo. was also the vice president, cast their ballots. he called the election free and democratic as always, to quote him and he had the united states and accusing him of terrorism and of financing and attempting to ha, against his government. and however, he did not offer any concrete evidence of th

among the thousands of poor nicaraguan farmers who began protesting in 2013 against president daniel ortega's plan to expropriate their land and build a multi $1000000000.00 trans atlantic canal. by doing so, they became enemies of the state, along with tens of thousands of other nicaraguans who crossed into costa rica in the last 3 years to escape reprisals for taking part in anti government protests. no miracle nicaraguans are emigrating as never before because the repression is continuing. and so does the migration to costa rica span the united states. people can't live with the psychosis, the fear that they'll be imprison, beaten, and tortured. and then there's the economic situation, phone record numbers of nicaraguans are leaving their country, the 2nd poorest in the americas, after hating since president daniel ortega launched a new crack down against opponents. earlier this year, the number of nicaraguans attempting to reach the united states has more than quadrupled according to the u. s. customs and border patrol. but the vast majority come here to costa rica to work in the fields,

featuring current president daniel ortega running for a fourth-consecutive term.ve some footage to show you today that features both daniel ortega, the president and his wife, and also the country's vice president, rosario morio, heading out on the streets on monday in nicaragua. but like i said, huge sections of the international community basically calling these results illegitimate. it was earlier-this month that the u.s. representative to the inter-american commission on human rights actually said that the nicaraguan election is, quote, nothing more than a sham. the canadian representative on that same body said the event that is taking place on november 7th is a parody of an election. and finally, we heard from the european union's chief diplomat on november 2nd who said that nicaragua's election is so, quote, completely fake that it would not be worth sending independent observers. all of these people are saying this because of what has happened in nicaragua over the -- the past several months going all the way back to june mainly when this targeted crackdow

patricia: la asamblea pidiÓ al presidente daniel ortega que retire al paÍs de la oea.a, ha sufrido seis atentados y estÁ amenazada de muerte. hoy tenemos una historia cargada de sensibilidad. se trata de una madre centroamericana que fue deportada, pero el destino la puso de regreso nuevamente en estados unidos. ahora trabaja como intÉrprete para los que como ella salieron a buscar el sueÑo americano. >> esta nicaragüense se ha convertido en la pieza clave para cientos de inmigrantes que enfrentan problemas de migraciÓn. >> tratÓ de dar lo que pueda para que las palabras se transfieran en inglÉs. >> ella llegÓ indocumentada cuando tenÍa 16 aÑos. >> mi hermano mayor nos cruzÓ. reportera: dice que no ser inglÉs la llevÓ a verse envuelta en un caso migratorio que la llevÓ a una deportaciÓn. >> volviÓ varios meses despuÉs a estados unidos con una visa humanitaria. >> me da la habilidad de poder sentir una compasiÓn. >> asegura que la necesidad de intÉrpretes en la zona. >> en los ojos de los inmigrantes se ve reflejada la confianza de encontrar alguien que hable su propio

who, according to the latest gallop poll, oppose daniel ortega, at least 80 percent of the population. and lucille has, have we heard from ortega himself? has he reacted to any of these criticism? yes, he has heated factors. shortly after he voted, he said that the election had been fair, clean democratic. he lashed out at the united states and others whom you say are, he says rather are supporting those whom he calls terrorists and that includes the 7, excuse me. we're going up to this gentleman to get out of the way that includes 7 of the most competitive presidential candidates who were imprisoned so that they could not run. now there has been one government that actually to that have been very quick to come. however, to president ortega defense, that is president nicholas my loot of venezuela, which you would have expected, but also the russian government, which earlier today issued a statement by the foreign minister saying that it rejects and condemns the claims by the united states government. that this was election was a hoax. it'll be interesting to see what happens in the co

which means that that is tantamount did not recognizing president daniel ortega as a legitimate government and this is the country that is next door to nicaragua, which is also home to the largest numbers of nicaragua, refugees in just a short while ago. amnesty international also put out a statement saying that it predicts that there will be a new wave, a new cycle of terrible human rights violations in nicaragua. so there you have it . that is that the reaction has been fairly predictable. this was an election that even before it took place, it was pretty obvious what would happen and who would when president ortega has been recognized. however, by president, you could ask my buddha in venezuela and also the cuban government, and more likely, or very likely also the government of president putin in russia. thank you for that update. we appreciate your hard work that lucy and human life for us in costa rica, still head on al jazeera, former us president, barack obama warns of dangerous lack of urgency in climate tools. we'll have the latest from the summit in glasgow hall and says bowers