Protesters gathered on 10 December 2014 denouncing the Nicaraguan Canal. Campesinos gathered in El Tule on 23 December 2014. A woman holding a Nicaraguan national flag near a burning barricade on 20 April 2018.
Date
24 December 2014 – present (9 years, 4 months and 5 days)
Location
Nicaragua
Caused by
Democratic deficit, political repression, social security, environmental protection, Nicaragua Canal proposal
Goals
Democratic elections and end of political violence
Acceptable pensions and stop of the Nicaragua Canal
Resulted in
Reduced pension for small contributors
Cancellation of social reforms
Nicaragua Canal construction has not started
Parties
Opposition
Independent Liberal Party
Sandinista Renovation Movement
Civil society
Students
Private sector
Government of Nicaragua
National Police of Nicaragua
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Sandinista Youth
Lead figures
Campesinos
Octavio Ortega
Students
Lesther Alemán
Private sector
Superior Council for Private Enterprise (since April 2018)
Government of Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Rosario Murillo
Number
Hundreds of thousands[1]
Casualties
Death(s)
2 (2014)[2]· 105+ (2018)[3][4][5]
Injuries
20+[6] (2014) · 433 (2018)[7]
Arrested
47[6] (2014) · 200+ (2018)[4]
The protests against Daniel Ortega were a series of protests against President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and actions performed by his government, the dismantling of the opposition, and violence against peaceful protesters. The protests began in 2014, when the construction of the Nicaragua Canal was about to begin, and several hundred protesters blocked roads and clashed with police during the groundbreaking of the canal.[8] Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans began to protest against President Ortega for what they believe to be a corrupt electoral system.[9][10]
The protests were renewed in April 2018 following the Ortega administration's decree of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute's social security reform increasing taxes and decreasing benefits. Police and the paramilitary groups attacked and killed unarmed protesters, which made people to stand-up. After five days of deadly unrest, Ortega announced the cancellation of the reforms. Since then, Ortega faced the largest protests in his government's history, with the protest movement spreading to denounce Ortega in general and demanding his resignation.[11] Related protests continued in 2018 and thereafter.
^Salinas, Carlos (29 April 2018). "Nicaragua se vuelca en una gigantesca marcha contra Ortega". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2018. Convened by the Catholic Church, hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans take to the streets of the country demanding peace and the end of the regime. The bishops warn Ortega that there can be no dialogue without guarantees.
^Plumer, Brad (26 February 2015). "The fiasco that is the Nicaragua Canal, explained". Vox. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^"CPDH asegura que protestas en Nicaragua dejan 63 muertos y 15 desaparecidos". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). 26 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ ab"Protestas en Nicaragua: los estudiantes que fueron liberados relataron la brutal tortura que sufrieron en prisión". Infobae (in Spanish). 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^"More than 25 dead in Nicaragua after unrest over social security reform". NBC News. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
^ abRogers, Tim (27 December 2014). "Sandinistas 'bare claws' to defend Chinese canal in Nicaragua". Fusion. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^Oswaldo Rivas (23 April 2018). "Protesters demand resignation of Nicaraguan president after unrest". Reuters.
^Lee Anderson, Jon (2 January 2015). "Breaking Ground on the Nicaragua Canal". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^Wand, Alexander (14 June 2015). "Mass protests in Nicaragua as farmers claim planned canal will 'sell country to the Chinese'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^"Clashes erupt at Nicaragua electoral reform protests". Euronews. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^"Thousands protest against Nicaragua government, urge calm". ABC News. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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