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 se

michael ortega and see if he's a victim of the campaign, funded by the u. s. to topple his government, what's your reaction to those claims? i think that this is really not a serious claim and he is he, he has or there are legitimate job candidates, opposition figures, members of the press of these are essential elements of a real democracy. and he has completely repressed them, has used the army, and this is not a, this is not an attempt to overthrow him. this is an attempt to really establish conditions for a credible and legitimate election and to allow competition and allow one of the other he hasn't allowed that any at all. ah, this is what's called that election, which is part of a democracy and he lost the election. remember in 1990 and he doesn't want to lose another one. so he didn't want to leave anything to chance. instead he's cracked down, but this is an attempt over throw him. this is an attempt to have an election on a level playing field. you mentioned sanctions in earlier. and so what, what other avenues just the international community have t

a recent gallup poll among others, suggests ortega has less than 20 percent support. but he continues to receive financial aid from the i m f. the inter american development bank and the central american bank and has been able to enlarge the paramilitary and police forces in nicaragua, the 2nd poor's country in the region that has allowed him to stay in power through terror and guns for the last 3 years. there has been systematic repression and crimes against humanity. ortega's closest advisors are other ortega's, including his children, who run a multi media empire and large family business holdings. the national chief of police is his in law, and then there's his powerful wife and vice president rosario moody. you. meanwhile, opposition television printed an online outlets like confidential had been rated and confiscated, and mainstream political parties declared illegal with good reason, ortega is confident that he will remain in the presidency, at least for the foreseeable future. the sea and human al jazeera sancho said costa rica ah, me. now pete land make up ju

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. the us navy has launched a ship named after a gay rights activist who was forced to resign from the service because of his sexuality in the 1950s. the oil tanker, harvey milk, was formally christened in san diego in a ceremony attended by navy secretary, carlos del toro. he said his presence was necessary notjust to amend the wrongs of the past but to give inspiration to all lgbt leaders who served in uniform. archaeologists excavating the roman site of pompeii in italy say they've discovered a room used by slaves, which they say gives an extraordinary insight into their daily lives. nina nanji reports. a window into how slaves lived in

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

a recent gallup poll among others, suggests ortega has less than 20 percent support. but he continues to receive financial aid from the i m f. the inter american development bank and the central american bank and has been able to enlarge the paramilitary and police forces in nicaragua, the 2nd poor's country in the region that has allowed him to stay in power through terror and guns for the last 3 years. there has been systematic repression and crimes against humanity. ortega's closest advisors are other ortega's, including his children, who run a multi media empire and large family business holdings. the national chief of police is his in law, and then there's his powerful wife and vice president rosario moody. you. meanwhile, opposition television print, an online outlets like confidential had been rated and confiscated, and mainstream political parties declared illegal with good reason. ortega is confident that he will remain in the presidency, at least for the foreseeable future. what, apart from very strong to allies, there will be no independent observance durin

a recent gallup poll among others, suggests ortega has less than 20 percent support. but he continues to receive financial aid from the i m f. the inter american development bank and the central american bank and has been able to enlarge the paramilitary and police forces in nicaragua, the 2nd poorest country in the region that has allowed him to stay in power through terror and guns for the last 3 years. there has been systematic repression and crimes against humanity. ortega's closest advisors are other ortega's, including his children, who run a multi media empire and large family business holdings. the national chief of police is his in law, and then there's his powerful wife and vice president rosario moody. meanwhile, opposition television print, an online outlets like confidential had been rated and confiscated, and mainstream political parties declared illegal with good reason. ortega is confident that he will remain in the presidency, at least for the foreseeable future. to see a newman al jazeera sank will save costa rica. now one of brazil's most popular si

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

this, then, will be a vote largely for ortega loyalists. when the president is surely re—elected in a landslide, his supporters will say it is free and fair. in reality, at 1a consecutive years of daniel ortega and his wife in power, this vote will continue their rule. the british musician and rapper terence wilson — better known as astro — who was part of the group ub40 for more than 30 years, has died after what his band mates said was a short illness — he was 64. # red, red wine, you make me feel so fine, # you keep me rocking all of the time. # red, red wine, you make me feel so grand # ifeel a million dollars when you'rejust in my hand... the reggae and pop band formed in the late 1970s and achieved internationalfame with hits such as red red wine and can't help falling in love. injuly 1988, it performed at the nelson mandela 70th birthday tribute in london. archaeologists excavating the roman site of pompeii in italy say they've discovered a room used by slaves — which they say gives an extraordinary insight into their daily

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 some of the other stories making the news. assisted dying has become legal in new zealand, just over a year after the country voted to allow it in a referendum. to be eligible, a person must have a terminal illness which is expected to end his or her life within six months and the procedure must have the approval of two doctors. a twitter poll launched by tesla billionaire elon musk, asking his followers if he should sell 10% of his shares, has resoundingly voted that he should. he promised to abide by the result of the poll, which he launched in response to a "billionaires tax" proposed by us democrats. the us navy

what daniel ortega has organized is a political circus. that's why we are dressed as close to mach his circus. we continue crying out for justice, for all those he has killed, scenes taking power at least the other 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 who 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 ortega government shortly while the use as its 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 po was never about who would get the most votes, but rather about mr. and mrs. were takers permanent, in power to see a newman al

reportera: los simpatizantes de daniel ortega salieron a la calle a celebrar la victoria de daniel ortega. ortega obtiene un resultado de mÁs de 70%. >> como era de esperarse, el fraude fue consolidado 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

del triunfo de ortega son ridÍculas. a una semana de la muerte del joven actor mexicano actor mexicano octavio ocaÑa, familiares y amigos se manifestaron para esclarecer los detalles los detalles del caso. >> octavio hubiera cumplido 23 aÑos. realizaron una marcha en el zÓcalo realizaron una marcha en el zÓcalo de mÉxico. octavio ocaÑa muriÓ el 29 de octubre al perder el control. presuntamente se negaron a detenerse. >> llegÓ a mi rancho >> llegÓ a mi rancho y disparo. >> llegÓ a mi rancho y disparo. tengo permiso. >> >> todos queremos. 14 o 15 14 o 15 aÑos tenÍa. debido a las irregularidades en el caso la familia logrÓ reunirse con con la fiscalÍa. tendrÁn a a su disposiciÓn. >> no quiero que ninguna madre mÁs sufra. >> estas manifestaciones de manera pacÍfica continuarÁn a lo largo y ancho a lo largo y ancho del paÍs. feliz: no se han hecho pÚblicos mÁs detalles de de las causas. han causado numerosas muestras de dolor muestras de dolor y admiraciÓn. descansa descansa en paz. un niÑo de 10 meses

a recent gallup poll among others, suggests ortega has less than 20 percent support. but he continues to receive financial aid from the i m f. the inter american development bank and the central american bank and has been able to enlarge the paramilitary and police forces in nicaragua, the 2nd poorest country in the region that has allowed him to stay in power through terror and guns for the last 3 years. there has been systematic repression and crimes against humanity. ortega's closest advisors are other ortega's, including his children, who run a multi media empire and large family business holdings. the national chief of police is his in law, and then there's his powerful wife and vice president rosario moody. you. meanwhile, opposition television print, an online outlets like confidential had been rated and confiscated, and mainstream political parties declared illegal with good reason. ortega is confident that he will remain in the presidency, at least for the foreseeable future. to see in human al jazeera sanklo say costa rica. now, one of brazil's most popular

what daniel ortega has organized is a political circus. that's why we are addressed as close to mach his circus. we continue crying out for justice, for all those he has killed, scenes taking power at least the other 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 who 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 use as its considering what action to take to put further pressure on the government. as for the election results, with all the competitive opposition of candidates behind bars, the pole was never about who would get the most votes, but rather about mr. and mrs. were takers permanence in power. to see a

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

we got thousands of nicaragua, refugees marched to denounce with the it was a far what daniel ortega has organized is a political circus. that's why we are dressed as clans to mock his circus. would 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 who were killed by police are 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's 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 roach, but rather about mr. and mrs. were ta

president ortega clinched a fourth term as an office winning 76% of sunday's vote. most opposition figures have been arrested or barred from running and voter turnout was low. our latin america editor reports. >> the only issue is not whether the nicaraguan president won sunday's controversial election, but whether he seized it. ortega had imprisoned scores of critics, including seven of the most competitive would be candidates, and barred independent observers and journalists from entering the country. international condemnation was swift and harsh. >> this was not a free election. this should not surprise us because this was a chronicle of fraud. >> countries from chile to costa rica to the european union denounced the election as illegitimate and antidemocratic and a pantomime on a saying they would not recognize the results. venezuela, cuba, and russia have rushed to ortega's defense. >> when the voting was over yesterday evening, the white house announced its refusal to recognize and called on other countries to do the same. we consider unacceptable and condemn

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 coming days and weeks. thank you very much. lucy newman live for us in costa rica. still ahead on

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

what daniel ortega has organized is a political circus. that's why we are dressed as clans to mock his circus. we continue crying out for justice, for all those he has killed to seize taking power. at least the other 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 who 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. the u. s. government is expected to announce stronger sanctions against your tailored government shortly while the uses it's 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 that mr. and mrs . were takers, permanent in power to

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

interim government is rejecting dot border on the chronicle of an election foretold president daniel ortega is poised to retain power in nicaragua with dozens of opposition. politicians in jail. ah hello. iraq's leaders have condemned what they're calling an assassination attempt on the prime minister as aquinos and cowardly attack. arm drones targeted, missed a phone call from his residence in the highly secured green zone. in the early hours of sunday, him on con reports. it's been called and attempted assassination and explosion followed by gunfire on prime minister must have alcorda me 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 sta

daniel ortega clenched a 4th term in office, winning around 76 percent of sunday's vote. but most opposition figures had been arrested or barred from running and voted her not was low. a lat, america is in the c. n. newman report from san jose in neighboring costa rica only issue is not whether nic robin, president daniel ortega, one sundays, 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. no. soon as religion, amelia, this was not a free election. this should not surprise us because this was a chronicle of fraud and foretold. albion. countries from chile to neighboring costa rica to the united states and the european union denounced the election as illegitimate and democratic. and the pantomime saying they would not recognize the results. but venezuela, cuba and russia of russia were take as defense, hook you up when you mow goals with when th

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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

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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

this weekend, ortega will declare victory, and try and entrench his rule even deeper. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: democrats and republicans across the country are examining tuesday night's surprising election results, with an eye toward crafting their strategies for next year's crucial midterm election races. meanwhile, dignitaries in washington today gathered to remember the life and legacy of former secretary of state colin powell. here to add perspective on all this, and more, are capehart and abernathy. that's jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post," and gary abernathy, an ohio-based writer and contributing columnist for the "washington post." david brooks is away. it's very good to see both of you and, gary, you're here from ohio, and we're glad to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: what a week, as the three of us were just saying. jonathan capehart, you've now had three whole days to think about what happened, what the voters said on tuesday, and what do you think it was? >> so i split it between virginia an

that, that indicate that president ortega's popularity is below 19 percent. now the reaction, the international reaction has been swift and hardship. world leaders are saying this was not a matter of who would win the about whether daniel or take that 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 call the selection of sham and to also say that it would come would take measures. it did not expensive high 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. chili has also said it will not recognize the legitimacy of the election. and we also have, and this perhaps, and this is much closer to home here in costa ric

this weekend, ortega will declare victory, and try and entrench his rule even deeper. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. >> woodruff: democrats and republicans across the country are examining tuesday night's surprising election results, with an eye toward crafting their strategies for next year's crucial midterm election races.c meanwhile, dignitaries in washington today gathered to remember the life and legacy of former secretary of state colin powell.. here to add perspective on all this, and more, are capehart and abernathy. that's jonathan capehart, columnist for the "washington post," and gary abernathy, an ohio-based writer andd contributing columnist for the "washington post." david brooks is away. it's very good to see both of you and, gary, you're here from ohio, and we're glad to see o y. >> thank you for having me.. >> woodruff: what a week, as the three of us were just saying. jonathan capehart, you've now had three whole days to think about what happened, what the voters said on tuesday, and what do you think it was? >> so i split it betweenwe virgi

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 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.

. >>> daniel ortega se declarÓ ganador a la presidencia de nicaragua en unos comicios amaÑados y una abstenciÓn histÓrica. >>> no tuvo un baÑo de legitimidad. >>> mÁs del 80% de la poblaciÓn no fue a votar y ese 19% que asistiÓ a las urnas fue porque fue amenazado. >>> en nicaragua se llevaba esta farsa en otras partes del mundo. >>> los ortega tienen que salir del paÍs. >>> para ortega el poder no esÁa en juego junto a la que llama su copresidenta, y donde la divergencia se paga con exilio o muerte. >>> el senador marco rubio envÓo estas declaraciones. las naciones democrÁticas deben reconocer el rÉgimen que hay en nicaragua. >>> los dictadores no tienen el privilegio de hacer negocios con estados unidos. >>> nos merecemos reconstruir nuestras vidas. >>> el expresidente obama participÓ en la cumbre climÁtica de las naciones unidas que se lleva a cabo en glasgow y pidÓ ayuda a las naciones ricas para ayudar a los mÁs vulnerables para hacer frente a los problema del medio ambiente. >>> pasamos con guillermo quiroz, los polÍticos tratando de resolver problemas del tiemp

daniel ortega - is, david. daniel ortega essentially decided the outcome of 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. th

what daniel ortega has organized is a political circus. that's why we are dressed as clowns to mock his circus. we continue crying out for justice, for all those he has killed since taking power. at least the other 8 government critics were reportedly arrested in nicaragua before the polls opened. many of the exiles they were forced to leave 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, the garage was killed by police paramilitary groups during the 2018 uprising now. many nicaraguans are asking the international community to step up to the plane. the us government is expected to announce stronger sanctions against the government shortly while the use has its considering what action to take to put further pressure on the government. as for the election results, with all the competitive opposition candidates behind bars, the poles was never about who would get the most vote. but rather that this is would take us in power. to see a newman al jazeera sank, we'll say

that'll welcome by protesters, but will not consent daniel ortega. they have just held a vote devoid 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 s

oh, there are reports that ortega loyalists to going house to house, to intimidate voters, to cast a ballot that could make a difference in the turn out, but not in the outcome which is already a given. she and human al jazeera, sonco se costa rica scotlands as a world leader in the transition to renewable energy plans to develop a new oil field in the north sea. are still going ahead, even though many platforms are unused. mcclark reports from northern scotlands. it's not a view you'd expect from a village, high street, 300 kilometers north of the climate talks in glasgow. a vision perhaps of the future. unused oil and gas rigs park top in cromartie, furth, not pumping fossil fuels from the depths of the north sea. the perth is a barometer of the state. if you case oil and gas industry, when there's a downturn, it gets pretty crowded. these platforms are awaiting new contracts. the contracts will be few and far between as the move to renewables gathers pace. at the end of 2019 the oil and gas authority estimated there were between $10.00 to $20000000000.00 barrels of oil still to be

he addressed the nation after voting very early by. ortega standards. he usually is one of the last people to vote in the country. but the turn out has been extremely low. presumably because our campaign has gone on the way by o. pony of the government, asking people to stay home and not legitimize a vote by going to the polls he or take a said that nicaragua has free and democratic elections. this is despite the fact that as you already mentioned, he jailed his main contenders and the fuel for were not in prison and went into exile or were barred from running at all. so he's pretty much, he's virtually running unopposed they. he also blamed the united states he called united states terrorists for that it was financing terrorism body, offered no proof of his allegations, which have been ongoing now to justify the unrest and the decline in his popularity in nicaragua. right now, i'm at a, at a gathering here in san jose where hundreds and hundreds of exiles have been demonstrating and marching all day long singing, nostalgic songs about returning to thei

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

in nicaragua, the ortega's have gone out of their way to spread fear and spy on people going house to house. but i have faith in god. i'm waiting for a miracle, the miracle of freedom and a little time ago. 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 ca

real, who was ortega's wife or the chief of police was accused of gross human rights violations. in neighboring costa rica, television journalist c, a. p. nila, who was accused of terrorism and released from prison. following a brief amnesty, continues to broadcast from exile. her news channel was rated and expropriated along with other independent media. she says, restoring democracy in nicaragua will be difficult, very good, and what are you now you get a that nobody wants to die. nobody wants to ross in jail. in nicaragua, the ortega is have gone out of their way to spread fear and spy on people going house to house. but i have faith in god. i'm waiting for a miracle, the miracle of freedom and a little tiny kettle. 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 fa

daniel ortega is running for a 4th term which is expected to win. his accused of cracking down on the opposition in the lead up to the poll, at least 40 opposition figures including 7 candidates challenging ortega have been jailed or banned from running. and international observers have been prevented from overseeing the votes. oh, and demonstrations against president ortega have been held in neighboring costa rica with thousands of nicaraguan exxon's fled in recent years. the protesters describe the pole as an electoral circus, and demanding the release of political prisoners. as bringing our latin america editor lucio newman, whose live in costa rica for as you're in costa rica, lucy, because foreign journalists are not being allowed in nicaragua. so we've had opponents of ortega urging nicaraguans to stay at home and not go to the polls to day. is that call being heated? what are you hearing about? turn out the, the hose will be closing very shortly. and from what we've been hearing from people we forces we have inside of nicaragua, there has bee

nick robin president, daniel ortega one sunday's controversial election, but rather whether he seized it might take a 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 san resolution and lyric. this was not a free election, and this should not surprise us because this was a chronicle of fraud and foretold albion countries him chile to neighboring cluster rica to the united states. and the european union denounced the election as illegitimate and democratic. and the pantomime saying they would not recognize the results, but venezuela, cuba and russia had rushed will take us defense. look when you mo, go 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 throughout the biden administration. and the e. u is already considering going beyond current indi

if ortega winds. and given that he's either 7 of his key opponents arrested with others of force them to exile. well a, when is the expected result? our latin america editor, lucy newman, joins us live now from costa rica capital a san jose. so 1st of all of this year, you are of course, in costa rica because foreign journalists are not being allowed into nicaragua for this election. so how do we know what's actually going on in the country? that's a very good question, but the nicaragua is very near to costa rica. in fact, we were by the border for several days. and we were with a lot of the people, some of whom are here now in the capitol hill, but crossed back and forth through in legal border passes. and they bring news of what's happening. we also do have people inside nicaragua, who are keeping us well informed. a lot of the nicaraguan journalist are here in costa rica. they've set up networks with their own people inside the country that are sending them information. and what we're hearing is t

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

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 measures. it did not express supply 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. time is running out. that's the message from for you as president barack obama, who was speaking at the cop 26 summit in glasgow at bama price. the progress made seems

while ortega has accused washington of trying to influence the outcome. ortega jail 7 challenges and some 40 opposition leaders ahead of the election. nicaraguans in exile across the border in costa rica have been protesting in the capital san jose, a latin america. i tend to see a newman is following the story from costa rica, the fulsome closed in nicaragua, amid a very low voter turnout and an apparent response to my, the opposition and, and the nicaraguan catholic church for citizens to stay at home and will not legitimize a fraudulent election president daniel taylor 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 in accusing him of terrorism and of financing against his government. and then however, he did not offer any concrete evidence of these charges, as you know, the and all of the main 3 candidates or his competition. we're unable to take part in the selection of these candidates a would be candidate or imprisoned arrest h

both thought home and abroad. president daniel ortega set for a 4th consecutive term after opposition figures were jailed or banned from running . international observers have also been prevented from over seeing the vote or latin america editor of the sea and him and reports from san jose in neighboring costa rica after al jazeera was denied entry into nicaragua. as usual, dick rob was armed forces distributed and guarded ballots ahead of sundays presidential elections. but there is nothing usual about this. one. most noteworthy is who is not on the ballot, not a single competitive candidate from nicaragua, mean opposition parties. in the lead up to the poll president, daniel ortega, who's running for a 4th consecutive term imprisoned 7 mainstream opposition candidates and disqualified the rest, accusing them of everything from money laundering to treason. ac is as that who's gone go. what we are doing is trying criminals with bloated, again, as the country, the security of our country by trying to organize another uprising. another could deter it not known as the crackdown oppositio