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Significance
Parrales, an ally-turned-critic of President Daniel Ortega, is one of many to have fallen victim to the government’s crackdown on dissent. Their stories compound questions regarding the nature of modern-day Sandinismo, its meaning for Nicaraguans and how that interacts with attitudes towards Ortega, as a figurehead of the movement.
Impacts
Ongoing closures of NGOs will further weaken civil society.
Washington’s refusal to invite Ortega to this week’s Summit of the Americas will feed his ‘foreign oppressor’ rhetoric.
Nicaraguan migration will compound Costa Rica’s post-pandemic challenges, testing the hospitality of locals.
Keywords:
Nicaragua,
LA/C,
international relations,
politics,
social,
government,
human rights,
opposition,
party,
protest
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