[Peace] Fwd: Tell the U.S.: Hands off Nicaraguan elections!

[Belden Fields]

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> From: "Tom Loudon, Quest for Peace"  
> <quixote at mail.democracyinaction.org>
> Date: September 13, 2006 3:07:46 PM CDT
> To: a-fields at uiuc.edu
> Subject: Tell the U.S.: Hands off Nicaraguan elections!
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> Tell the U.S.: Hands off Nicaraguan democracy!
>
> Dear A Belden,
>
> At this moment the U.S. - represented by its ambassador to  
> Nicaragua, Paul Trivelli - isblatantly attempting to influence the  
> Nicaraguan presidential elections to be held on November 5th.  
> Trivelli is doing everything he can to ensure that the U.S.  
> government's preferred candidate wins the presidency, and that  
> former president Daniel Ortega loses.This is not the way free and  
> fair elections work, and it's up to us to stand up and say it's wrong.
>
> Will you join us by adding your signature to an open letter to  
> Ambassador Trivelli, calling on him to stop interfering with the  
> elections? (Read the letter)
>
> We can generate media attention, and pressure the U.S. to back off  
> this program interference, by publishing our letter as an ad in the  
> October 13th edition of Nicaraguan newspapers La Prensa and Nuevo  
> Diario.
>
> Buying this ad space will be expensive, and we only have until  
> October 8th to come up with the money: will you help us today by  
> signing the letter and contributing $25 to cover the costs?
>
> Read and sign the letter now
>
> Here are some of the ways our government has interfered with the  
> election:
>
> In May Ambassador Trivelli sent a letter to the leaders of non- 
> Sandinista parties offering them financial assistance if they would  
> unite against Ortega.
> So far the U.S. has spent $13 million - or $5.42 for each voter -  
> to influence the election. If Nicaragua spent the same per capita  
> to influence a U.S. election, it would total $680 million!
> The U.S. has continually manipulated internal party politics in  
> Nicaragua in an effort to clear the field in favor of U.S.-backed  
> candidate Montealegre.
> These overt attempts to influence Nicaragua's elections are  
> unworthy of our values as a democracy. Shouldn't the people of  
> Nicaragua have the right to decide who will lead their nation, free  
> from U.S. intimidation and interference? Show them you stand up for  
> their rights by signing the letter and helping us buy the ad space  
> by the October 8th deadline:
>
> Read and sign the letter now
>
> We at Quest for Peace have seen this pattern of interference for 25  
> years. At times we've been criticized for speaking up too loudly.  
> But you've always stood firm with us, and the people of Nicaragua  
> are better off for your support. Let's show them we support their  
> right to free and fair elections.
>
> In peace and solidarity,
>
> Tom Loudon, Quest for Peace
>
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