Nicaragua’s MRS Picks New Candidate

Nicaragua’s Sandanista Renovation Movement (MRS) has appointed its new presidential candidate and running mate to replace Herty Lewites who died earlier this month. Edmundo Jarquín and Carlos Mejía Godoy will stand for president and vice-president, respectively, for the MRS in the country’s elections slated for November 5. Jarquín, an economist and son-in-law of former president Violeta Chamorra, had been Lewites’ running mate prior to his death. Mejía Godoy is a well-known Nicaraguan singer with close associations with the Sandanista movement.