Nicaragua: Ortega opponent becomes eighth election candidate to be arrested

Crackdown continues as vice-presidential hopeful Berenice Quezada accused of terrorism' for criticising lack of freedom

Nicaraguan authorities have detained a candidate in the November presidential elections, her party has said, as the government of President Daniel Ortega shows no sign of ending a sweeping crackdown against the opposition.

For months Ortega's government has been detaining political adversaries, including presidential hopefuls, ahead of an election in which the former Marxist guerrilla and cold war antagonist of Washington will be running for a fourth consecutive term.