{"id":38045,"date":"2018-07-18T12:36:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/38045-nicaragua-three-months-of-deadly-crisis.html"},"modified":"2018-07-18T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T10:36:08","slug":"nicaragua-three-months-of-deadly-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/38045-nicaragua-three-months-of-deadly-crisis.html","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua: three months of deadly crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"txt-textContent\">\n<div class=\"text fontsize_0 jq_Content jq_langdir\">\n<p>Nicaragua has for three months been gripped by violence as pro-government forces crack down on mass protests, the violence claiming 280 lives and triggering international condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a timeline of the chaos which started with protests against a pension reform and swept into a rejection of President Daniel Ortega, a former guerrilla leader now seen as autocratic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>- Pension reform fury -<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 18 the government presents a plan to increase how much employees and companies pay into the social security fund, while cutting benefits, as recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n<p>Student-led protesters vent fury in several cities. Demonstrations continue and are harshly repressed.<\/p>\n<p>They are the most significant protests in Ortega's 11 years in office.<\/p>\n<p>Ortega scraps the pension reform on April 22 in a bid to end the demonstrations, in which 25 people are killed in five days amid clashes and looting.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>- 'Unlawful' killings -<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal of the reform fails to pacify protesters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On April 23 tens of thousands of people demonstrate in the capital Managua demanding an end to the repression. Some call for Ortega to quit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations on April 24 urges Nicaragua to carry out \"prompt, thorough, independent and transparent investigations\" into the deaths, saying some may have been \"unlawful\".<\/p>\n<p>Most of the dead are protesters, especially university students and youths.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>- Ortega loses friends -<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The protests intensify and the army on May 12 distances itself from Ortega, saying it will not prevent people from demonstrating.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, as the death toll rises, tense talks begin in Managua between Ortega and opposition groups, mediated by the influential Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-riot forces and pro-government militias are blamed for much of the violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Church calls off the talks after a week.<\/p>\n<p>On May 29, the business sector drops Ortega and the next day Nicaragua's richest man, Carlos Pellas, calls for early presidential elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ortega vows to remain in power.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>- Managua erupts -<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On June 3, as violence escalates in the flashpoint western city of Masaya, Pope Francis calls for dialogue.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On June 7 the United States imposes visa restrictions on Nicaraguan officials, blasting the \"political violence by police and pro-government thugs\".<\/p>\n<p>Violence erupts in Managua on June 11 with anti-riot police and pro-government paramilitaries attacking barricades manned by protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>- Protest camps under fire -<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overnight June 22-23 police and paramilitary groups open fire at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, a key student protest camp in the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On July 8 auxiliary bishop of Managua Silvio Baez says it is not possible to negotiate with \"representatives of a government that lies, does not accept responsibility and continues attacking and massacring the population.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The following day hundreds of Ortega supporters break into a basilica in the opposition heartland of Diriamba and harass Roman Catholic bishops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On July 12 thousands of anti-Ortega demonstrators march through Managua's streets. There are more international appeals for an end to the violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On July 17 hundreds of pro-government forces launch an armed attack on the opposition stronghold of Masaya, saying after several hours of combat that they have it back under their control.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups say at least two people were killed in the clashes.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet minister Paul Oquist, an Ortega ally, tells AFP in Brussels meanwhile that the Nicaraguan government has defeated a \"coup\".<\/p>\n<p>ang\/eab-jmy\/br\/cw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicaragua has for three months been gripped by violence as pro-government forces crack down on mass protests, the violence claiming 280 lives and triggering international condemnation. Here is a timeline of the chaos which started with protests against a pension reform and swept into a rejection of President Daniel Ortega, a former guerrilla leader now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[553],"tags":[],"ji_location":[2379],"class_list":["post-38045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-feed","ji_location-nicaragua"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nicaragua: three months of deadly crisis - JusticeInfo.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/38045-nicaragua-three-months-of-deadly-crisis.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nicaragua: three months of deadly crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nicaragua has for three months been gripped by violence as pro-government forces crack down on mass protests, the violence claiming 280 lives and triggering international condemnation. 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