Ortega ensures that Nicaragua returns to normal after months of protests

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(Caracas, July 30. News24) .- President Daniel Ortega declared that Nicaragua and return to normal after three months of demonstrations that paralyzed the country and they hit the economy in an interview with CNN in Español

He also insisted that the crisis left 195 dead, unlike the figures of human rights organizations that have more than 300 fatal victims.

"Until 15 days ago, the country was paralyzed, but it recovered. We begin the agricultural cycle that begins at a good pace and the industry of free zones is already operating normally "he said in the interview

" The country tends to stabilize in the economic and commercial.Types tend to normalize, the economy is going to be reorganized, "added Ortega, who admitted that the most affected sector is tourism.

Government forces undertook a clean-up operation in several cities in early July to dismantle the protests and barricades erected by demonstrators on the roads .

After the operations, the government proclaimed the "liberation" of several cities and their victory over the opposition.

Ortega closed the possibility of exceeding the 2021 elections, proposed by the bishops who intervened in the dialogue with the opposition, in 2019, and rejected a referendum to decide this question

"There is no sense in the early elections" or make a referendum The Nicaraguan opposition "accepts no alternative to the exit" of this government, he argued.

He stressed that the crisis must be resolved through dialogue with "We have had contacts with the Secretary General of the United Nations and the European Union to find ways to help us (… To strengthen coordination and cooperation mechanisms, he said that the dialogue between the government and the opposition was important