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Nicaragua: what's driving the uprising and what comes next?

A revolt against President Daniel Ortega has plunged the country into crisis as more than 300 people have been killed since April

What has happened?

Just a few months ago Nicaragua was considered one of Central America’s safest and most stable nations with a growing number of tourists flocking to the “land of lakes and volcanoes” wedged between Costa Rica and Honduras.

But since April this country of 6 million people has been plunged into crisis with the eruption of a nationwide revolt against President Daniel Ortega. More than 300 people have so far been killed, thousands injured. British authorities against all but essential travel to Nicaragua while the United States has all non-emergency government personnel to leave and told its citizens to consider doing the

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