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    Nicaragua’s expanding crackdown

    Jan 30, 2019 2 minutes

    Nicaragua shot to international attention last spring when the government violently responded to protests. Demonstrations have quieted, but the government still says it’s facing coup attempts, and is responding with repression.

    Q: What’s happening?

    More than nine months have passed since a group of mostly student protesters took to the streets to speak out against a proposed social security reform in Nicaragua. An April 18 march was met with a harsh crackdown by state security

    Q: Is Nicaragua a democracy today?Q: How are other governments in the region responding?Q: Who is being targeted?Q: Does Ortega still have staying power?

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