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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguans revolted last April when the government announced it was raising payroll taxes and cutting retirement benefits to bolster a social security program hemorrhaging ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: 2 more killed in Nicaragua social security protests: reports
Riot police tend to a fellow officer who was wounded in the leg after a homemade mortar fired by protesters struck her, in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 20, 2018. Police in Nicaragua say that a ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: The Latest: Nicaragua cancels social security overhaul
People stand in front of a store that has just been forced open and looted, in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, April 22, 2018. Dozens of shops in the Nicaraguan capital have been looted in the ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: Nicaragua's president cancels social security overhaul
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Nicaragua's president on Sunday withdrew changes to the social security system that had triggered deadly protests and looting. President Daniel Ortega said in a message to ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: Pope, bishops demand end to Nicaragua violence over social security reform
Pope Francis is flanked by four of the sixteen priests he ordained Sunday during the Regina Coeli noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 22, 2018. Pope Francis is expressing ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: Social security protest leads to clashes in Nicaragua
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A protest over social security changes in Nicaragua has led to clashes between opponents of the measure and government backers. Hundreds of activists, elderly people and ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: 80-year-old Catholic bishop detained in Nicaragua amid crackdown on Christians: watchdog
An 80-year-old Roman Catholic bishop and three other Catholic leaders were detained in Nicaragua last week amid an ongoing crackdown against Christians in the country ...
News Nicaragua » Managua » Security: Fears rise in Nicaragua over new social security overhaul
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaraguans revolted last April when the government announced it was raising payroll taxes and cutting retirement benefits to bolster a social security program hemorrhaging money.