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Weekly Report - 09 August 2018 (WR-18-31)

NICARAGUA: OAS ratchets up the pressure on Ortega

In a decision hailed as “unprecedented” by José Miguel Vivanco, the Americas director for the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), the permanent council of the Organization of American States (OAS) has approved a resolution to create a working group on Nicaragua to “contribute to peaceful and sustainable solutions”. President Daniel Ortega has outright rejected the move, which is the latest sign of pressure by the international community on the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) administration as part of efforts to end the ongoing crisis which began mid-April stemming from the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.

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