Nicaragua: Ortega blames 'satanic sect' for uprising against his rule

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Nicaragua: Ortega blames 'satanic sect' for uprising against his rule

President claims the unrest that has left over 300 dead is due to a ‘diabolical force’ from a US-backed conspiracy to topple him

Tom Phillips in Mexico City
Fri 20 Jul 2018 18.04 BST

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has hit out at what he has claimed is a “murderous, coup-mongering satanic sect” behind a three-month uprising against his rule that has left more than 300 dead.

There is growing international consensus that Ortega’s own forces and pro-government militias are responsible for the overwhelming majority of the violence that has gripped Nicaragua since protests erupted in April.

However, during a pro-government rally in Managua on Thursday, Ortega sought to shift blame for the bloodshed on to the “diabolical force” he claimed was part of a US-backed conspiracy to topple him.

“We have to re-establish order in our country,” the former guerrilla told thousands of flag-waving supporters who had assembled in the lakeside Plaza de la Fe to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the 1979 Sandinista victory over the Somoza dictatorship. “The road isn’t war, but peace and dialogue.”

Ortega has faced growing international condemnation over the killings in recent days, including from one-time supporters.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/nicaragua-latest-daniel-ortega-satanic-sect-protests-uprising

[sandensea]

1. The Cheeto regime. Same difference.

I don't doubt some of the grievances are real - many of which would most likely be there no matter who governs Nicaragua, sadly.

But nor do I doubt that the Trump White House, under which Latin America policy has largely reverted to Miami Cuban shit-throwers (and Colombian narco associates), has an oar in this one as well.

[Iliyah]

2. Thats a new one. Must be a ton of them.

But evil knows evil without any help.

[GatoGordo]

3. Ortega tried to hide his Marxist-Leninist beleifs behind his Catholicism in the past

Time to trot that old saw out again to see if it can help.

Though now, he is accusing the Episcopal Conference of Bishops for all his (and his wifes) troubles.

Sadly, another civil war in Central America is on the horizon.