On Monday, April 17 the US Ambassador in Nicaragua met with right wing parties in the country to discuss their opposition strategy against Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega in the November 5 presidential elections. Support for Ortega is growing, and many expect him to win the race. The US has called on Nicaraguans to not vote for Ortega.

Reuters reported that U.S. envoy Paul Trivelli is lobbying right-wing parties to join forces and pick a single candidate to represent them in the election, to reduce the chances of a Sandinista victory. He said his intention was “to see if we can push the democratic unification of this country a little more.”
Stratfor.com reports that

Eduardo Montealegre of the right-wing Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance represents Nicaragua’s future, U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Paul Trivelli said April 19. Trivelli met with representatives from the country’s right-wing parties, including the prominent Liberal Constitutionalist Party, on April 17-18 to discuss potential candidates to oppose former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega of the left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front in Nicaragua’s Nov. 5 election.
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