The spokeswoman for the regime Rosario Murilloextolled this Wednesday, April 13, the virtual victory of the regime over the demonstrators during the social protests of April 2018. Murillo has remembered the date by baptizing it as “victories of peace”, while remaining silent on the arrests of musicians carried out the day before without the whereabouts of those arrested being known until now.
In his phone call, Murillo stated that they continue “protecting peace, celebrating the joy of living in peace, celebrating and thanking the Father for the victories of peace that are triumphs of the people, of the people’s conscience.”
He concluded by saying that these triumphs are “because we know how to fight with love and win with love over any negativity, darkness, any form of toxic feelings.”
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The April 19th The fourth anniversary of the beginning of the civic rebellion in Nicaragua is commemorated. While the Nicaraguan opposition prepares to demonstrate from exile, the Ortega-Murillo regime has tried not to mention the date directly and, in contrast, has decided to recognize the role of the Ministry of the Interior, made up of the questionable institutions of the National Police, the Penitentiary System, Migration and other dependencies.
Murillo reiterated that on Monday, April 18, they will be celebrating the anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior and “peace”, under the slogan “In victories of peace and good.” The next day, his administration will hold the Sportsman’s Day.
In 2018, Nicaraguans rose up in massive anti-government protests, which, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), left at least 355 dead and thousands of people arrested, of which 181 remain in prison, plus more than 100,000 in exile.