OAS members condemn Nicaragua elections, urge action

FILE PHOTO: A man checks his phone while walking by a banner promoting Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo as presidential election campaigning begins, in Managua, Nicaragua, September 25, 2021. REUTERS/Maynor Valenzuela

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday adopted a resolution criticizing Nicaragua's presidential elections, panning President Daniel Ortega's electoral victory over the weekend as unfair and urging future action.

Ortega clinched a fourth consecutive term in office on Sunday after jailing political rivals ahead of a vote that U.S. President Joe Biden termed a "a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and most certainly not democratic."