MANAGUA: Nicaragua held elections Sunday that look certain to hand another term to popular President Daniel Ortega, and make his wife vice president, but which the opposition said was marked by “massive” voter abstention.

Speaking just after casting his own ballot, and as polling closed at 6:00 pm Sunday (8 am Monday in Philippines), Ortega said “it’s a vote for peace, for the security of the Nicaraguan people.”

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