Nicaragua polls close with Ortega reelection sewn up

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Electoral workers prepare to receive voters at a school used as polling station during the country's presidential election in Managua, Nicaragua November 7, 2021. — Reuters pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. MANAGUA, Nov 8 — Nicaraguans voted Sunday in presidential elections denounced by US President Joe Biden as a “sham,” as long-term leader Daniel Ortega derided his opponents — most of them jailed or in exile — as “terrorists.”Polling stations closed at 6:00pm (midnight GMT) after 11 hours of voting under the watchful eye of 30,000 police and soldiers maintaining what right groups described as a climate of fear.With seven would-be presidential challengers detained since June, 75-year-old Ortega is assured a fourth consecutive five-year term — his fifth overall — with his wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo, 70, by …