June 30, 2018, Managua, Nicaragua: a demonstrator deposits flowers to honor the victims of the protests against Daniel Ortega’s government. Photo: Carlos Herrera / dpa / PA Images. All rights reserved.
Under the weight of more than 350 dead and severe violations of human rights including hundreds of missing persons, Nicaragua is living through the horror of extreme government repression of a wave of civil protests.
The situation has become an asymmetric civil confrontation between police, para-police, irregular pro-government Sandinista groups, and students and civilian protesters who have only homemade weapons to protect themselves with.
