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Nicaragua s Ortega says Covid-19 is under control, unlike in capitalist countries. Local epidemiologists disagree
By Tim Lister, CNN
Updated 3:59 PM ET, Wed July 22, 2020
Workers wear masks as protection against the spread of coronavirus as they leave after a day s work in Managua, Nicaragua, on May 11, 2020. (CNN)As much of Latin America wrestles with the social and economic impact of Covid-19, the government of Nicaragua says it s got the virus under control.
On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega made a rare appearance, at which the leftist leader announced that the country s death toll was low and that the pandemic had not affected Nicaragua s health system as had happened in capitalist countries.
Daniel Ortega values unconditional cooperation from Venezuela, Cuba
Daniel Ortega values unconditional cooperation from Venezuela, Cuba
Managua, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega valued the unconditional cooperation that his people has received from countries that lead revolutionary process, such as Venezuela and Cuba. If we have energy and the possibility to grow and reach out the entire country with energy is because President Hugo Chavez, whom we have so present, when he came to Nicaragua to the swear-in ceremony in January 2007, learned about the situation with blackouts, and decided to help us, Ortega said at the graduation ceremony of 35 cadets from the Higher Police Academy on Friday.
Nicaraguans testify of abuses in crackdown on protests
September 11, 2020 GMT
FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, a masked protestor holds up a Nicaraguan flag above the Spanish graffiti phrase: The state did it, during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega on National Children s Day in Managua, Nicaragua. Nineteen Nicaraguans who say they suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of their country s security forces during anti-government protests from April to August 2018 testified in San Jose, Costa Rica to a panel of legal and psychological experts the week of Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, a masked protestor holds up a Nicaraguan flag above the Spanish graffiti phrase: The state did it, during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega on National Children s Day in Managua, Nicaragua. Nineteen Nicaraguans who say they suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of the