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  • A demonstrator holds a homemade mortar during a protest against the government of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, in Managua, Nicaragua June 17 2018.

    The attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018: Why support for it collapsed

    Of course, the accepted history of the coup attempt, as told by the U.S. government, international bodies such as the UN Human Rights Council and most of the media, is that nearly all the victims were protesters, mainly students, killed by police or by Sandinista “paramilitaries”. The truth is far more complicated; people on the ground, especially those living in the places most affected, became increasingly aware of the opposition’s intentions.