CARACAS, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) - Countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (Alba) rejected U.S. intervention in the Nicaraguan elections, according to a communique published Sunday in Venezuela.

    "We strongly reject the U.S. intervention in the internal issues of Nicaragua and we reaffirm that past elections are of exclusive competence of the Nicaraguan People and their institutions," Alba said in the communique published by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry.

    After an unprecedented victory by the Nicaraguan ruling party during the Nov. 9 elections, the Nicaraguan government confronted the U.S. interference policy, which tried to discredit the administration of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his institutions.

    Meanwhile, a political dispute also took place over electoral results between the ruling party Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (FSLN) and opposition party Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (PLC).

    "President Daniel Ortega, as well as the FSLN, have given examples of democracy, when contending at elections during the 1980s and peacefully giving the government to there successors," Alba said.

    The Alba member countries -- Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaraguan, Honduras, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic -- congratulated Ortega and the FSLN for the results of the elections, which consolidated the development of the people's movements and leftists in Latin America.

    "The peoples and the governments of the Alba ratify our most strong solidarity with the Nicaraguan People and we recognize the professionalism of the FSLN institutions," Alba said.