Ortega calls attack on supporters in Nicaragua a "massacre"

[Judi Lynn]

Ortega calls attack on supporters in Nicaragua a "massacre"
AFP
July 22, 2014, 2:34 pm

Managua (AFP) - President Daniel Ortega on Monday slammed as a "massacre" an attack on his political supporters that killed five people and left 28 more hurt.

"This was a genuine massacre, one that has been condemned by the nation," the leftist president said at a memorial for the dead at a convention center, carried on state and pro-government media.

Unidentified assailants opened fire late Saturday, in Matagalpa department, on buses bringing supporters back from a party in Managua to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the 1979 revolution.

The civilian Sandinista party supporters "were ambushed on a highway with rifles (by men) who fired on buses bringing some of the families that had come (to the capital area) for the event," Ortega added.

"These are expressions of rancor, of hatred. ... They are a minority, but they are there, latent and suddenly crop up in abominable deeds like these," the president said.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. What a shame so few Americans realize whom the US supported prior to its war on Ortega.

Also from the ending of the article posted above:

On Saturday, thousands of supporters gathered at the Plaza La Fe, north of Managua, to celebrate the Sandinista rebel victory in 1979 over the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza, whose family had run Nicaragua like their own estate since 1936.

The most prominent guest was Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose oil-rich nation provides millions of dollars in aid to impoverished Nicaragua.

Ortega, now 68, was one of the rebel Sandinista leaders that toppled Somoza. He was Nicaragua's leader from 1979-1990, and returned to power in 2007.

Anyone who has any interest in knowing how bad dictators can be and still be clasped warmly to the bosom of its self-righteous patron, should spend some time doing research on the monstrous Somozas.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Five killed, 24 wounded in Nicaragua convoy attack

Five killed, 24 wounded in Nicaragua convoy attack
MANAGUA Sun Jul 20, 2014 5:24pm EDT


(Reuters) - Shots fired at a convoy of vehicles returning from a national celebration in western Nicaragua early on Sunday left five dead and 24 wounded, a government website reported.

The attack occurred in the province of Matagalpa, Matagalpa city Mayor Sadrach Zeledon told local TV, less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Capital city of Managua.

A government website said two women and three men were killed in the attack, which came a day after thousands of Nicaraguans gathered in Managua to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza by the leftist ruling Sandinistas.

Official sources have not identified the attackers but an anti-Sandinista group claimed responsibility on Facebook.

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