#SOSNicaragua

During the last several months, Nicaragua has been ravaged by political mobilizations and state repression. At least 300 people have been killed, thousands injured, and scores jailed by the government of Daniel Ortega. Protests to stop cuts to Nicaragua's social security system and environmental destruction caused by government projects have mushroomed into a broad popular movement that is challenging the authoritarianism of the Ortega government. This talk examined the current political crisis within the context of the legacy of authoritarianism, U.S. policy, dictatorship, and revolution in Nicaragua.