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Eliot Engel: “The elections in Nicaragua were severely flawed. There was fraud in the balloting, and election observers were not…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
The elections in Nicaragua were severely flawed. There was fraud in the balloting, and election observers were not permitted to do their job.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel criticizes the flawed elections in Nicaragua and the obstruction of election observers.

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