Ortega arrives late at "withdrawal", the important Sandinista evening

The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, led today, in the midst of the country's socio-political crisis, a caravan for the 39th anniversary of the "tactical withdrawal" that the Sandinistas made to Masaya, an act to which the president came Two hours late

The president joined the caravan nearly two hours after starting the historic celebration, accompanied by his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo, and under a strong safety net, in the middle of the crisis that is going through According to humanitarian agencies, Ortega, of his vehicle, has hosted thousands of followers and officials, who shouted, among others, "Viva Daniel", "We will always vote for our commander", "Comandante, You stay."

Thousands of supporters of the Sandinista National Front for Liberation (FSLN) and state workers left Managua for Masaya, this time without listening to Ortega's usual speech before starting the trip

The celebration of the "withdrawal" commemorates a tactical action that began on June 27, 1979, when half of Nicaragua was in the midst of Ular pop insurgency and the guerrillas who coordinated the mbades in Managua had to withdraw with some 5,000 civilians before the impossibility of overthrowing at this time Anastasio Somoza

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The commanders of the FSLN have decided to move their troops to Masaya to protect the lives of fighters and civilians, and from there, take the last push that would bring them to power. Therefore, since 1980, the FSLN has decided to commemorate the military action in which nearly a hundred people have died.

The government has not specified whether this caravan will this time go from Managua to the indigenous community of Monimbó, in Masaya, where the residents who remain in barricades have promised not to allow the president to enter. They call "dictator".

The Sandinista commemoration takes place today when the country is plunged into the most bloody socio-political crisis since the 1980s, with Ortega also as president, which left at least 351 dead, according to humanitarian agencies . The protests against Ortega began on April 18, due to the failure of social security reforms and became a demand for resignation of the president, after eleven years of power, with charges of abuse and corruption against him. .

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"Please, help us", "We are alone", is heard in several videos circulating on social networks, where you can hear the shots and you see boys squatting behind the trenches. "We are all dying," says a young woman

. The opposition Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, civil society groups, denounced that the students "were under attack" while Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo participated. in the caravan of the disciples.