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A demonstration was attended by tens of thousands of people in the streets of Managua on Saturday when a group of paramilitaries fired on the crowd killing one person and injuring nine others. Another death is to be deplored on a barricade. The death toll since April 18 is over 200.
Paramilitary groups again struck demonstrators in Managua, Nicaragua. The March of Flowers, the first mbad event since the bloody Mother's Day May 30, was the target of gunfire on Saturday, as dozens of protesters paraded peacefully in the streets of the capital. The shots left one dead and ten wounded. His name was Luis Manuel Ortiz Martinez and he was 23 years old. Another person died on a barricade near a university. These paramilitary groups supporting President Daniel Ortega have been terrorizing and firing on protesters since April 14.
Representatives of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the UN Commission on Human Rights man were present at the time of the attack. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said: "The situation of people is unacceptable (in Nicaragua). People lose their lives, people's voices are obscured. The rights of individuals to independent judicial review of the (use of) unjustified force of the military and police are not respected. "
The church tried to mediate by promoting dialogue. [19659005] These demonstrations began on April 18 after the publication of a decree by Daniel Ortega increasing pension contributions and decreasing pensions. They immediately reunited tens of thousands of people and were attacked by paramilitary groups loyal to President Ortega. On April 19, several people died, including a 15-year-old teenager, Alvaro Conrad, whose last words were: "Breathing hurts me". Words quickly became a slogan for the protesters. The withdrawal on April 22 of the famous decree by the government did not change anything and the demonstrations clearly aimed at obtaining the departure of Daniel Ortega from the head of the State.
The Church tried to play the mediators by promoting dialogue, but the meetings ended. Opponents demand the departure of Ortega when he proposes to anticipate by one year the elections of 2021 to 2020.
Daniel Ortega participated in the overthrow of dictator Somoza in 1979 and remained in power until in 1990. He became president again and his wife, Rosario Murillo, vice-president in 2007. They then kept on concentrating most of the levers of power. He modified the constitution to allow his indefinite reelection and relied on the Church and the employers' organization, Cosep. But these last months, these supports disappeared and it can not count any more than that of these armed groups which terrorize the whole country.
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