President Nicaragua withdraws controversial law

managua - President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua does not want to implement the changes in the country's social system. That made Ortega known during a television speech. Due to the controversial amendment of the law, it has been uneasy for days in the South American country. Eleven deaths have already occurred during the protests.

The disturbances broke out on Wednesday. Pensioners took to the streets because the government wants to stave off pensions and increase employees' contributions to social security. More and more Nicaraguans, including thousands of students, joined the protests in recent days.

One of the victims is the journalist Ángel Eduardo Gahona. He got a bullet through his head when he made recordings of protests in the Caribbean city of Bluefields on Saturday. He would have been shot by the police.

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