“Daniel Ortega is President again,” writes VivirLatino as the Sandinista frontrunner remains about six percentage points ahead of Eduardo Montealegre. Boz reminds readers of “el pacto” between former Presidents Aleman and Ortega which has led to the latter's plausible victory. Randy Paul gave some more background information on election eve. Liza Sabater protests Ortega's misogyny and Barricada is updating the preliminary results as they come in.
“Another monument to fiscal indiscipline by our government is installed in the name of national pride”: KnowTnT.com still can't get over the cost of the flag in the National Stadium.
The Secret Blog of Patrick “Patos” Manning writes a post about the leak of an alleged sex tape of a Trinidad and Tobago-based celebrity: “The most disturbing aspect of the situation, however, is the manner in which I’m hearing this horrific breach of privacy took place. It gives me chills to think that some idle geek in a computer company could copy these things and spread them around…”
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