Viewfinder: An Anti-Government Protester's Funeral in Nicaragua

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Sep 19, 2018

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of 26-year-old Ezequiel Leiva, who died in the hospital three months after being injured during anti-government protests, on September 18th, 2018, in Managua, Nicaragua. More than 300 protesters were killed in Nicaragua during months of unrest following demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega's government.
(Photo: Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images)

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A student fires a homemade mortar during a protest in which students from different universities from across Nicaragua gathered to demand President Daniel Ortega and his powerful vice president, wife Rosario Murillo, resign, and for government to keep the 6 percent budget for universities, in Managua, on August 2nd, 2018.

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