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International response to Nicaragua political crisis
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 19
AUG 19 · Day 1
International body votes to convene emergency meeting over Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega led Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990 and returned to power in 2007.
UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned in July that blocking elections would further erode Nicaragua's rule of law.
The proposed reforms would ban opposition figures from public elections if they are considered “traitors to the homeland”.
“a problem of an urgent nature and of common interest to the American States”