Revolutionary or authoritarian, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega is actually? Anti-government protests, Breakfast bullets, Grow young Ortega growers
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The 39th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution that ended in the dictatorship in Nicaragua But Daniel Ortega, the central figure of that revolution, itself is now condemned as a dictator.
The anniversary celebration has dethroned President Donald Ortega's government's accusation of crushing and oppression once the most respected revolutionary Mr. Ortega is now condemned.
At least 300 people have died in anti-government protests since last May in Nicaragua. Besides, many people were injured in police repression.
72-year-old is no longer a legendary freedom fighter in the country. Instead, it is being compared to those dictators who had liberated the country from the rule of the cruel Somoja empire in the seventies. Mr. Ortega was then a Sandinista guerilla.
But violence has been going on in the country for the past three months. Thousands of people across the country, Mr. Ortega and his wife, who have been appointed the vice-president, are protesting for their resignation. They are also demanding the elections in advance.
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Anti-government protests
Nicaragua is the poorest country among the Central American countries and Nicaragua's position after Haiti as the poverty among the countries of the hemisphere in the west.In April, when the country's government raised taxes to reduce the retirement pension, the whole country burst into protest. Indigenous movement activists joined in when the students started the protest. Then the unemployed and senior citizens also joined the protest.
But Mr. Ortega instructed to stop the protest without protesting. Police and paramilitary forces were deployed and protests became violent.
The protesters were brutally attacked. Meanwhile, the students established protest camps at three universities.
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Breakfast bullets
The levels of violent protests make the country's citizens panicky and embarrassed. According to the official commentary, it is claimed that no one was killed. But witnesses, journalists, and human rights groups say that at least 300 people have been killed so far in different incidents.
The protesters complained the government is using excessive energy to stop the protests. Amnesty International says the persecution of the government forces has reached the doldrums.
In the last incident, law enforcers fired on students and journalists at Managua University campus and fired. A journalist in the country tweeted, "They threw a swarm bullet in the morning breakfast."
Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Bishops of the country were trying to intervene between government and anti-government forces to stop the conflict.
Now President Ortega is complaining against them, Nicaragua's bishops are supporting the plan to overthrow him.
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Grow young Ortega growers
Ortega grew up hearing the story of his rebel father, who fought against US forces in World War II.
In the fifties, Mr. Ortega himself joined the fight against the US-backed Somoza Empire. Later, he was convicted of terrorism and spent seven years in jail. In 1974 he left the prison and joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front.
The Somoza Empire collapsed in 1979. Mr. Ortega became the popular leader of the Sandinista movement.
Nicaragua's national reform program coordinator was elected. Education, social reform, and land reform work started with the determination of creating a new Nicaragua.
Along with this, Castro's pro-Soviet Cuban became close, and the armed forces of El-Salvador were given arms to the armed guerrillas. But in 1990, economic growth was losing its popularity in the face of economic growth.
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Image caption The first public appearance of the Sandinista rebels was seen in the public
After being in power for almost twelve years, Mr. Otega said that he will not resign or will not choose in advance.
He is accused of nepotism and misuse of public money. But in Nicaragua, there was a lot of advancement in economic and social fields than other communist countries of South America, such as Cuba or Venezuela, despite the accusations, despite the accusations, there were no major protests against Mr. Ortega.
But now people are skeptical about how much people will support him after the death of so many people.
Data source: BBC World Service
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