I have witnessed the deeply troubling developments in Nicaragua over recent months, as peaceful protests over changes to pensions quickly transformed into a much broader public repudiation of the Ortega Government.
Cardin comments on the evolution of protests in Nicaragua against President Ortega's government.
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