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Weekly Report - 29 April 2010 (WR-10-17)
NICARAGUA: Institutional crisis escalates
Supporters of the ruling Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
(FSLN) resorted to violence last week to prevent opposition legislators from
convening to overturn a contentious decree approved by President Daniel Ortega
in January extending the terms of public officials. Ortega's unabashed
endorsement of the political violence and disregard for democratic process has
hit a nerve with the international community, still jittery after the June 2009
coup in neighbouring Honduras.
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