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Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua's uprising alive

  • Written by Benjamin Waddell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Fort Lewis College

Protesting is now illegal in Nicaragua, according to President Daniel Ortega.

The Central American country has been embroiled in deadly political turmoil for months. Demonstrations that began in April against an unpopular social security reform quickly transformed into a broader movement aimed at ousting Ortega, Nicaragua’s authoritarian...

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