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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega reiterated that he will carry out his term until 2021, despite more than three months of protests that have left nearly 300 people dead.
Ortega told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Monday that raising the election – a demand from the protesters – "would make things worse."
"We were elected by the electorate," said the 72-year-old leader who has ruled Nicaragua for 22 years since his Sandinista revolution overthrew a US-backed dictator in 1979.
Ortega and his government have been accused of using brutal tactics to contain anti-government protests. Rights groups said the authorities arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people as part of the crackdown on protests.
Ortega also is said to be ready to continue a mediated dialogue by the Roman Catholic Church, despite his previous attacks.
"We invite the Catholic Church to continue the dialogue so that the dialogue can develop and Ortega expressed the will to continue a dialogue negotiated by the church [Anadolu]
Last week, Ortega accused the Catholic bishops of working with "coup plotters," saying that the disqualified as mediators. 19659010] The pro-government paramilitaries
In the recorded interview Monday, Ortega said Rejected allegations that he controlled pro-government paramilitaries having been acting in concert with the police
He accused Nicaraguan political groups of leading rival anti-government groups, which he said were seeking funding from drug traffickers and the United States.
He accused these groups of killing dozens of policemen in the unrest.
"No peaceful demonstrations" has been attacked by the police, he said.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) stated that during the so-called clean-up operations in and around the city of Masaya, there had been a high degree of support and collaboration between police forces and masked groups armed with parapolices to spread violence against the population.
Ortega also denied the reports of the demonstrators and the police. "No Nicaraguan has died in any church, not a single Nicaraguan has died in a church, it's false," said Ortega
. However, Gerald Vazquez, aged 21, died inside the church after being shot dead in the head. A second person would have died behind the barricades of the university. The Nicaraguan Human Rights Center said Monday that 292 people had been killed in three months of protests and crackdowns by police and paramilitaries using firearms, which has already wreaked havoc.
The unrest began on April 18 as a protest against a pension reform plan that has since been abandoned.
But this anger has spread in a vast campaign against Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, accused by critics.
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| Students staged duels for and against the government [Jorge Cabrera/Reuters] |
Thousands of people staged dueling marches for and against the government on Monday. Those who opposed Ortega carried crosses with hanging backpacks – symbols of students killed in unrest. A pro-government student union expressed support for Ortega and called the protesters "terrorists".
The political crisis has harmed the economy of Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the Americas.
his debt note for Nicaragua from B + to B, with a negative outlook.
