Merelan
Lady's Love
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With all our whining and nitpicking, we are damn lucky to live here in the States. A hand count here means each vote is hand counted. I wonder what it means in other countries? That you chop off your hand and give it to the man you vote for? you wouldn't make a mistake then, would you?
Okay, a little extreme. But read this and understand why I think we better stop whining about all this.
it is from CNN:
Violence breaks out in anticipation of election
results in Nicaragua
November 10, 2000
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Violence
has broken out across northern
Nicaragua in anticipation of the final
results of Sunday's municipal elections,
leaving at least two dead and at least 18
injured in different incidents, police said Friday.
Among the violence which broke out
Thursday night:
• Protests by Yatama Indians left at
least one dead, and more than a dozen injured in Puerto Cabezas.More than 30 people were arrested.
• Two rival candidates dueled outside a bar in the town of El Ayote, 300 kilometers (185 miles) east of Managua, leaving one dead and the other seriously injured.
• Police and ex-Sandinista soldiers clashed, leaving five police officers injured in Jinotega, 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Managua.
• A group of 15 men from the Yatama Indian organization opened fire onelection officials in the Atlantic region, 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Managua. No injuries were reported.
Election officials have until November 25 to announce the final results of the 151 mayorships that were up for election Sunday.
Just a thought.
Okay, a little extreme. But read this and understand why I think we better stop whining about all this.
it is from CNN:
Violence breaks out in anticipation of election
results in Nicaragua
November 10, 2000
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) -- Violence
has broken out across northern
Nicaragua in anticipation of the final
results of Sunday's municipal elections,
leaving at least two dead and at least 18
injured in different incidents, police said Friday.
Among the violence which broke out
Thursday night:
• Protests by Yatama Indians left at
least one dead, and more than a dozen injured in Puerto Cabezas.More than 30 people were arrested.
• Two rival candidates dueled outside a bar in the town of El Ayote, 300 kilometers (185 miles) east of Managua, leaving one dead and the other seriously injured.
• Police and ex-Sandinista soldiers clashed, leaving five police officers injured in Jinotega, 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Managua.
• A group of 15 men from the Yatama Indian organization opened fire onelection officials in the Atlantic region, 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Managua. No injuries were reported.
Election officials have until November 25 to announce the final results of the 151 mayorships that were up for election Sunday.
Just a thought.
