Nicaragua's Ortega set to win election that U.S. blasts as 'pantomime'

FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks after voting in the municipal elections at a polling station in Managua, Nicaragua November 5, 2017. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was set to win re-election on Sunday after jailing top rivals and criminalizing most dissent, following a vote that the United States said was a sham whose outcome had been long predetermined.

Costa Rica, the country's southern neighbor, also rejected the election even before preliminary results were announced.