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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
[Cancilleria del Ecuador / Creative Commons]
PRESIDENT of the National Assembly of Nicaragua Gustavo Porras Cortes has warned that foreign intervention has been escalating ahead of November’s elections.
In a televised address on Telesur he said that the central American nation has been “defending itself against US aggression for over a century,” adding that the new administration of President Joe Biden “has made it a goal to attack our legitimate government.”
Mr Porras said attacks on Nicaragua were being carried out via sanctions in a bid to strangle the country’s economy — and through the funding of so-called NGOs and opposition media organisations.
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