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    Nicaragua Not Backing Down Despite Criticism Over Lax Measures During Pandemic

    The government has failed to issue social distancing orders. And after weeks out of public view, President Daniel Ortega reemerged Wednesday and decried the coronavirus as a sign from God.
    by Carrie Kahn Apr 18, 2020 1 minute
    People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19 at a market in Managua, on April 16, 2020, a day after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega spoke of the coronavirus pandemic and announced there would be no quarantine or cessation of economic activity.

    To the dismay of some of its citizens and neighbors, Nicaragua is still holding soccer matches, food festivals and beauty pageants.

    Officially, the government of socialist president Daniel Ortega says there are only three active cases and one death attributed to cites nine cases and two deaths. Across the border in Costa Rica, authorities have confirmed more than 600 cases.

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