Nicaragua-The Saddest Of Do-Overs

NICARAGUA

The Saddest of Do-Overs

After more than 100 days of deadly protests, there’s no end in sight to the troubles in Nicaragua.

On Monday, President Daniel Ortega rejected calls for a referendum on whether to hold an early election, Reuters reported, while the US turned up the heat by confiscating US-donated vehicles from Nicaraguan security forces and suspending future donations and sales, the Los Angeles Times said.

Echoing human rights organizations in its strongest condemnation yet, the White House claimed Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, had “brutalized their own people” with “indiscriminate violence” that has killed more than 300 people in three months.

Commemorating 100 days of protests last week, Nicaragua’s Association of Human Rights said that at least 448 people have been killed since the agitation began, Al Jazeera reported.

It’s an ironic development for Ortega, as he came to power more than 30 years ago amid hopes that Nicaragua might become an inclusive democracy following the ouster of dictator Anastasio Somoza, Rodrigo Urimny opined in El Espectador via WorldCrunch.

Now, he’s repeating Somoza’s worst crimes.

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