Otra Vez

Today Nicaragua will be experiencing its 2011 elections. It has been an intense week for Nicaraguan political parties, especially for the Sandinistas(FSLN) and the Liberales (PLC) because they had to put forth all of their efforts into campaigning. Campaigning was so extreme this week that there were demonstrations on rontundes or round-abouts where large number of party supporters would be gathered and showing their support. Also there has been a series of rallies going on throughout Managua which cause some roads to be closed and resulted in heavy traffic. 

Everybody in Nicaragua are excited for the elections. Although there are a handful of Sandinstas throughout the country there are also voters who are conservative and ally themselves with the PLC whose presidential candidate is Arnoldo Aleman. There are also citizens who believe that Daniel Ortega has abuse his executive power and has not served the country well and view  Fabio Gadea of the PLI (Partido Liberal Independiente) as a potential candidate to become presidents.

The US government is not in favor of the Sandinista government and anticipate that another government be elected. But after observing and talking to people it is unlikely that a new government will be elected. People in Nicaragua especially in Managua feel that the Sandinistas have brought drastic change into Nicaraguan Society. People agree that the Sandinista government is not the most honest one but the officials running it are doing their best to help the people prosper. There is also skeptics saying that even if the Sandinistas lose the elections they will force themselves into power and fraud the elections. At this points I cannot give my position to that skepticism because I have not lived long enough in Nicaragua to be criticizing its electoral process. The only thing that I could say  is to wait and see later on this evening who will be triumphing this election.