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A group of hooded men stand guard after clashing with police. According to human rights groups, more than 300 people have been killed since April 19, since demonstrations against President Ortega's government broke out. Most of them are opponents of the regime.
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a young man fires his slingshot to confront armed police. According to human rights groups, more than 300 people have been killed since April 19, since demonstrations against President Ortega's government broke out. Most of them are opponents of the regime.
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Relatives of young Ezequiel Mendoza carry the coffin after he was shot dead by paramilitary police. According to human rights groups, more than 300 people have been killed since April 19, since demonstrations against President Ortega's government broke out. Most of them are opponents of the regime.
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funeral of fighter Ezequiel Mendoza killed by Daniel Ortega's paramilitary force.since demonstrations against President Ortega's government broke out. Most of them are opponents of the regime.
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Relatives of political prisoners hold vigils outside the Chipote prison. According to human rights groups, more than 300 people have been killed since April 19, when demonstrations against the government of President Ortega erupted. Most were opponents of the regime.
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A relative cries on the coffin of Leyling Chavarria, who dead during clashes with members of Nicaragua´s special forces at the Sandino neighborhoods in Jinotega, more than 300 people have been killed since April 19, when demonstrations against the government of President Ortega erupted. Most were opponents of the regime.
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a hooded man fires his homemade mortar to confront militarized police. According to human rights groups, more than 300 people have been killed since April 19, when demonstrations against President Ortega's government broke out. Most were opponents of the regime.
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A group of opponents to Daniel Ortega's government prepares homemade contact bombs to fight against the militarized police. More than 300 people have been killed since April 19, when demonstrations against President Ortega's government broke out. Most were opponents of the regime.
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Jose Esteban Sevilla Medina, who died after he was shot in the chest at a barricade during an attack by the police and paramilitary forces, is laid to rest in Masaya, Nicaragua, Monday, July 16, 2018. Tensions in Nicaragua erupted this spring after the government announced cuts to social security but then widened into a call for President Daniel Ortega to leave power. The crisis has left around 270 dead and more than 2,000 wounded as forces loyal to the government crack down on opponents.
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Sandinista militias stand guard at a dismantled barricade after police and pro-government militias stormed the Monimbo neighborhood of Masaya, Nicaragua. Heavily armed police and militias laid siege to and then retook the symbolically important neighborhood that had recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government.
Public Story
Nicaragua, "may your mother surrender".
Credits:
cristobal venegas
Date of Work:
06/01/18 - 08/03/18
Updated: 03/04/21
NICARAGUA: En abril de 2018 Nicaragua convulsionó. Un paquete de reformas al sistema de seguridad social motivó protestas a nivel nacional que fueron reprimidas con violencia. El 19 de abril tres personas fueron asesinadas, apenas en el segundo día de las manifestaciones contra las reformas. Pronto, el propósito de las protestas cambiaría, y los manifestantes empezarían a exigir justicia para los asesinados.
Organismos de Derechos Humanos contabilizan más de 300 personas asesinadas en el contexto de las protestas sociales en Nicaragua. Según un informe del Grupo Interdisciplinarios de Expertos Independientes (GIEI) conformado por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) que estuvo en Nicaragua para investigar los hechos, responsabiliza de la mayoría de los decesos a la represión del Estado a través de grupos paramilitares en combinación con la Policía Nacional, y acusa al Gobierno de Nicaragua de cometer actos que deben considerarse "crímenes de lesa humanidad". Dos días después de presentar su informe el GIEI fue expulsado de Nicaragua.
A dos años del estallido social en Nicaragua se vive bajo un Estado policial de facto. Las protestas sociales contra el Gobierno están prohibidas y cientos de opositores han sido encarcelados convirtiéndose en presos políticos.
El líder sandinista Daniel Ortega acusa a los manifestantes de haber intentado dar un golpe de Estado a su Gobierno durante 2018. Los familiares de las víctimas mortales de la represión continúan exigiendo justicia.
