Nicaragua Right Chooses Presidential Candidate

Nicaragua’s largest right-wing party, Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC), has chosen José Rizo as its presidential candidate for the country’s upcoming elections in November. Rizo will stand against former president and Sandinista Daniel Ortega. The prospect of either candidate as the future president of Nicaragua has set off alarm bells in the United States, which has been lobbying all the right-leaning parties to unify and pick a candidate, other than Rizo, to defeat Ortega.