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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega defies calls to resign and hold elections in the midst of a wave of anti-government protests that left at least 350 people dead.
The next elections in Nicaragua will take place in 2021 As expected, Ortega told American TV channel Fox News
"The rise of elections will cause instability, uncertainty and worsen everything," said Ortega in his first interview since 2009.
Ortega also dismissed as lies the accusations that Catholic priests "There is not a single priest who claims to be persecuted."
He denied the information of eyewitnesses and rights organizations that two people were killed in a church in the capital Managua, besieged by paramilitary forces close to the government
"No Nicaraguan is dead in a church, "he said.
Meanwhile, thousands of people descended Monday in the streets of Managua to protest against the government of Ortega
. The Central American country has been in turmoil since April 18, when anti-government protests erupted in response to controversial social security reforms
Rights groups report 351 deaths, while the government recognizes less than 50 deaths.
The Organization of American States last week pbaded a resolution calling for early elections in Nicaragua and the end of political violence.
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