Hundreds of Nicaraguans opposed to President Daniel Ortega took to the streets o...
MANAGUA - Hundreds of Nicaraguans opposed to President Daniel Ortega took to the streets on Wednesday in protests deemed illegal by the government and several dozen were arrested, according to an opposition group, although police denied anyone was detained.
A Nicaraguan journalist also said he was detained briefly and video of his live broadcast appeared to show police taking him away. Anti-government protests began a year ago this week, evolving into a broader resistance movement and the sharpest test of Ortega’s grip on power since he took office for a second time in 2007. A Cold War adversary of the United States, the 73-year-old Ortega served a single term as president in the 1980s.
Journalist Abixael Mogollon, from Nicaraguan digital outlet Aritculo 66, was covering the protests on Wednesday and said he was among those detained but was later released.
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