The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has released preliminary findings from its visit to Nicaragua – its first since 1992. The IACHR’s visit was in response to the crisis sparked on 18 April [WR-18-16] by the government crackdown on protesters upset over changes to the social security system (INSS) which soon spiralled into more general anger with the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega and its successive dismantling of democratic institutions since taking office in 2007. The IACHR’s preliminary report, which put the death toll from the violence at 76, is damning for the Ortega government as its commitment to a national dialogue process, which began on 16 May, is already coming under question.End of preview - This article contains approximately 715 words.
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