Nicaragua Elections: What's at Stake
The Nicaraguan elections will have loud geopolitical reverberations for inter-American relations, reports Richard Feinberg.
07/31/2006
Richard Feinberg,
Latin Business Chronicle
Winner of the last two presidential contests, the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) is now badly split. The dominant wing, firmly controlled by former president and convicted embezzler Arnoldo Aleman, is fielding a seasoned politician, Jose Rizo. Breaking with the PLC elders, US-educated financier Eduardo Montealegre is running as a pro-business, clean government alternative. Similarly, the left is split between the perennial Sandinista (FSLN) candidate, Daniel Ortega, and a dissident social democratic campaign begun by Herty Lewites who fell victim to a heart attack on July 2, and now spearheaded by former Inter-American Bank economist, Edmundo Jarquin.
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