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Biden slams Nicaragua's 'sham elections,' calls Ortegas autocrats (Huh?)
The Hill ^ | November 07, 2021 - 08:59 PM EST | MONIQUE BEALS

Posted on 11/07/2021 6:51:21 PM PST by cba123

President Joe Biden issued a statement on Sunday slamming Nicaragua's "sham elections," in which President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, are expected to claim victory.

In the statement, Biden accused Ortega's government of conducting "a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and most certainly not democratic."

Biden said the imprisonment of nearly 40 opposition figures and preventing other parties from competing in the election "rigged the outcome well before election day." He also noted that independent media has been shuttered, journalists jailed, and civil society groups bullied.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; danielortega; nicaragua; ortega; rosariomurillo
Word substitution.

Substitute one administration, one place, one set of words.

For another. Otherwise, what is the difference?

1 posted on 11/07/2021 6:51:21 PM PST by cba123
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To: cba123

https://thehill.com/policy/international/580484-biden-slams-nicaraguas-sham-elections-calls-ortegas-autocrats


2 posted on 11/07/2021 6:51:55 PM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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Sounds like President Retard believes in conspiracy theories 🤪


3 posted on 11/07/2021 6:52:43 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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I doubt Biden even knew Nicaragua had an election.


4 posted on 11/07/2021 6:54:58 PM PST by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: cba123

As compared to USA sham elections?


5 posted on 11/07/2021 6:55:06 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Really? Really? Did Ortega have to gin up votes for weeks and weeks to win when he had enough votes?


6 posted on 11/07/2021 6:56:00 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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Weren’t Biden’s best buddies in the Senate Like Tom Harkin, BFF’s with Ortega?

I bet Biden had NOTHING to do with this condemnation.


7 posted on 11/07/2021 7:48:55 PM PST by UNGN
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Weren’t Biden’s best buddies in the Senate Like Tom Harkin, BFF’s with Ortega?

I bet Biden had NOTHING to do with this condemnation.


8 posted on 11/07/2021 7:48:55 PM PST by UNGN
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Weren’t Biden’s best buddies in the Senate Like Tom Harkin, BFF’s with Ortega?

I bet Biden had NOTHING to do with this condemnation.


9 posted on 11/07/2021 7:48:55 PM PST by UNGN
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To: NWFree

Let's Go Brandon


10 posted on 11/07/2021 8:41:00 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: UNGN

You are probably right that Biden had nothing to do with the condemnation. If he did, it is probably a signal to Daniel Ortega to pay more to Hunter.


11 posted on 11/08/2021 8:53:25 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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