Viewfinder: Students Demonstrate in Nicaragua's Capital

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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.

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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