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:
The preliminary statement will be posted on immediately following the press conference.
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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.
4 November 2006: Statement by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and The Carter Center on the Eve of the Nicaragua Elections (English and Spanish)
27 October 2006 - Carter Center Names Leaders for Election Mission to Nicaragua (English and Spanish)
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