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Demonstrations against a reform of the social welfare system and against the Ortega government have already killed nearly 300 people since April
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On Sunday, police and paramilitaries stormed communities to remove roadblocks from protesters
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After a violent weekend that left 12 dead in Nicaragua the international community is preparing to discuss the brutal repression of the demonstrations that, three months ago, demanded that the president
Sunday, the police and paramilitaries attacked Masaya (south) and surrounding communities to remove the protesters' roadblocks against the government. The operation left 10 dead, including four paramilitaries, and 20 wounded, according to Álvaro Leiva, secretary of the Nicaraguan Association of Human Rights (ANPDH).
The police did not confirm these deaths at first. 200 students were able to leave the 20-hour headquarters of government forces at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Managua and a nearby temple in an action that killed two students.
April, 280 people died. Initially, the demands were against a reform of the social forecasting system, which the government abandoned, but they resulted in a demand for the removal of Ortega, who has been in power for the third consecutive time since 2007. [19659008] Establish a dictatorship and anticipate the presidential elections of March 2021.
The government says the opposition protests have a coup d 'etat trying to change the constitutional order.
Catholic hierarchs denounce "lack of political will" (19659015) Born in violence and without any chance, the crisis in Nicaragua will be discussed in international fora, such as the meeting of foreign ministers of the United States. European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which begins Monday in Brussels
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has announced that he has asked his Chancellor Roberto Ampuero to Bring the topic to the meeting, while Costa Rican Minister Epsy Campbell said that he would ask the forum a statement on the crisis in Nicaragua
The US ambassador to the Organization of US states OAS), Carlos Trujillo said that the Nicaraguan issue would return this week to the agenda of the continental forum.
"The violent repression of the government with the use of Sandinista crowds is unacceptable Trujillo commented on Twitter
Meanwhile, Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado said the crisis in Nicaragua will be present in his discussions with the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, with whom he will meet this Monday in San José
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