Miami Herald: Amid worsening violence, Nicaraguans say crisis has reached 'catastrophic' proportions
MANAGUA, Nicaragua: Nearly seven weeks after a violent crackdown on student protesters ignited a movement to oust the president of Nicaragua, daily life has become difficult and dangerous for a population increasingly in open rebellion against the government.
At least 113 people have been killed, more than 1,000 injured and hundreds arrested since the political uprising began in mid-April, according to human rights groups. Dozens of others have disappeared.
In what was until recently one of the safest countries in Latin America, families are now afraid to leave their homes after dark. Barricades set up by protesters block highways, public transportation is scarce and business in some parts of the country has ground to a halt.
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2 comments:
The Miami Herald article worked hard to hide the simple fact that the Ortega government is a violent dictatorship.
You have to get 2/3rds through it to find a passive mention that Ortega is a Marxist and was the country's dictator in the 1980's.
Then you have to go nearly 4/5ths through the article for the only passive, glancing admission that the majority of deaths and disappearances are being caused by the government goons.
"As the violence has grown in Nicaragua, so has resistance to the government's political repression."
The government stopping food shipments to starve everyone in areas where there is some anti-government resistance is also framed as to try and spread the blame around to the other side.
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