Nicaragua scraps unpopular welfare plan, but unrest continues
by Wilfredo Miranda and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
Apr 24, 2018
3 minutes
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - A sense of smoldering discontent was evident in Nicaragua on Monday after President Daniel Ortega's decision to cancel a welfare overhaul plan - a proposal that sparked days of deadly protests and looting in this Central American nation of 6 million.
On Monday afternoon, thousands of peaceful protesters - many waving Nicaraguan flags and some hoisting photos of people killed in the earlier protests - took to the streets of the capital, Managua. What began as protests against the welfare proposal morphed into
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