The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship orders all State powers, schools, universities, municipal and regional governments to “celebrate” April
HAVANA TIMES – The National Assembly of Nicaragua approved on Monday, April 8, 2024, a bill that declares April as the “Month of Peace,” in an attempt to erase another anniversary of the massive protests that erupted in April 2018 against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who repressed them and caused hundreds of deaths.
The initiative, consisting of three articles, was passed urgently with the votes of 89 out of the 91 deputies who make up that branch of government.
April is a key date for the Nicaraguan opposition, as it recalls, mainly in exile, the popular demonstrations that erupted six years ago. In April 2018, thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets to protest against controversial reforms to social security, which later turned into a demand for Ortega’s resignation after he responded with deadly force.
The protests left at least 355 dead according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), although Nicaraguan organiza