Nicaragua's Orwellian Nightmare

"Everyone is an enemy who's deserving of death, rape and jail"



Nicaragua's Toppling "Trees" Strike Ominous Note For Daniel Ortega's Rule
The metal sculptures were meant to beautify cityscapes but for protesters they came to symbolise a revolutionary who lost touch.
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/28/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-trees-of-life-protests

July 18, 2018 Nicaragua is living an Orwellian nightmare. Over the past three months, Daniel Ortega's government of "reconciliation and national unity" has killed more than 300 people, injured thousands and abducted and disappeared hundreds more.   Also, the model for US recycling has been to send it overseas to China. But since the start of this year, China has been refusing to take contaminated recycling, forcing communities across the US to quickly take action. And find out how composer Sawan Dutta channeled her frustration and became an internet sensation. — Anna Pratt, The Scan editor No Images? Click here. 'Everyone is an enemy who's deserving of death, rape and jail': Death squads have returned to Nicaragua President Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front started its transition from a ruling party to a paramilitary death squad in April, in response to a nationwide civic uprising for democracy and justice in Nicaragua. Now Ortega is installing a reign of terror in a failed state.