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Preliminary Statement on Nicaragua's Elections to be Issued at Press Conference Nov. 7 in Managua

Nov. 6, 2006
 


Managua, Nicaragua....The Carter Center will issue a preliminary statement of findings on Nicaragua's  Nov. 5 presidential, vice-presidential, and legislative elections during a press conference scheduled for 11:30 a.m. EDT Nov. 7 at the InterContinental Metrocentro Hotel.


Representing The Carter Center at the press conference will be:

  • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
  • Former Panama President Nicolas Ardito Barletta
  • Former Peru President Alejandro Toledo
  • Americas Program Director Jennifer McCoy
  • Americas Program Senior Associate Director Shelley McConnell
  • Chief of Mission Jaime Aparicio, former Ambassador of Bolivia to the United States 

The preliminary statement will be posted on www.cartercenter.org immediately following the press conference.

 


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The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 65 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity; preventing diseases; improving mental health care; and teaching farmers to increase crop production.


Carter Center Photos:  Deborah Hakes

Officials manage a Nicaraguan pollling station during the Nov. 5 elections. 



Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talks to Chief of Mission Jaime Aparicio on polling day.



Former Panama President Nicolas Ardito Barletta visits a Managua polling station Nov. 5.



Former Peru President Alejandro Toledo and Americas Program Director Jennifer McCoy examine paperwork on election day.


A Nicaraguan woman searches for her name on the election registration list.