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Weekly Report - 31 July 2014 (WR-14-30)

NICARAGUA: Rare political violence raises questions

The 19 July celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship (1936-1979) made national headlines for different reasons after attacks on two buses carrying supporters of President Daniel Ortega’s Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) from the capital to the western department of Matagalpa, late that night, left five dead and 19 wounded. The lack of clarity surrounding the incident and doubts surrounding its investigation are raising major questions.

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