Protests In Nicaragua Prove Young People There Are Politically Engaged
Protests In Nicaragua Prove Young People There Are Politically Engaged
Melissa Prax
8:49 AM, Apr 25, 2018
Nicaraguans are experiencing once-in-a-generation protests, and young people especially are on the front lines.
"We have been called apolitical for the last 15 years. Every sector of society have claimed that young people do not have interest in politics," Nicaraguan activist and artist Miranda said. "Now, everything changes, the entire rhetoric needs to change, and people need to start listening. This is the biggest generational kind of conversation that's about to [happen]."
Due to the tumultuous environment in Nicaragua, Newsy respected the request of our source to not use his full name.
A lot of the images coming out of Nicaragua show deadly protests centered around the government's now-rescinded plan to overhaul its social security system — a change that would have affected pensions and salaries. But protesters' grievances go beyond that.
Peaceful protests began weeks ago after a fire devastated an important nature reserve. Now, protesters have joined together and are hitting the streets with demands ranging from an
end to police brutality to a full overhaul of the government.
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https://www.thedenverchannel.com/newsy/protests-in-nicaragua-prove-young-people-there-are-politically-engaged
I was in Nicaragua a few years ago, and things were bad even then. Our group (medical/surgical mission, building clinics in rural areas) literally fled across the border into Honduras in the dead of night when the local Sandinista jefe/alcalde started to shake us down for the building materials we had already paid for. Thank God that the poor people of Nicaragua are nothing like the local politicians.
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