Two years after Nicaragua’s mass uprising started, why is Daniel Ortega still in power?
On April 15, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega emerged after more than a month without a public appearance to defend his government’s lax response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Ortega’s appearance came just before the second anniversary of the start of a mass public uprising on April 18, 2018. The protests that began when the government cut social benefits escalated after police and pro-government militias attacked demonstrating students, killing at least five. Across the country, tens of thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets. Protesters began to demand democratization after a decade of increasing authoritarianism. More than two-thirds of Nicaraguans said their president should resign, and by early June it looked as if he might be forced to.… Seguir leyendo »