Protests against state sponsored violence in Nicaragua. Source: Wikimedia Commons. All Rights Reserved.
The repression of Daniel Ortega’s government against students and the unarmed civilian population that keep on protesting in the streets has left so far more than 300 dead, and the number of wounded and missing is rising daily. The trend has not slowed despite the establishment of the so-called National Dialogue Table, which shows that Ortega is just buying time.
In addition to the mass marches in Managua and other regions of the country, people erected barricades and put up blocks on highways and city streets. The first to entrench themselves were the inhabitants of the combative indigenous neighborhood of Monimbó in Masaya. They were also trying to contain the burning and looting spree sponsored by the regime.
