Demonstrators take part in funeral service of Agustin Ezequiel Mendoza, who was shot in recent protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government in Tipitapa, Nicaragua June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
June 16, 2018
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government and civic groups on Friday called for an end to violence after two months of deadly political unrest, but President Daniel Ortega did not address a call by church mediators to allow for early elections.
Political protests have left 170 people dead, hundreds more injured and ground the economy of the impoverished Central American nation to a halt.
(Reporting by Alonso Soto; Writing by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Tom Hogue)
