Nicaragua's Jesuit university was closed down. FaroDiRoma.it (August 2019) talks about the reasons.
• The events are rooted in 2018, when the US attempted a coup d'état, as it did in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and many other countries.
• The Ortega government had achieved the highest growth rate in Central America, reduced poverty by 30%, and increased the annual minimum wage from 5% to 7% after inflation.
• It was a successful model focusing on public investment to grow the popular economy with a 38% increase in GDP between 2006-2017.
• Health and pension coverage was extended to informal sector workers.
• This led to two re-elections of Daniel Ortega with over 70% of the vote, but attracted US hostility with the complicity of some sectors of the Church, especially those hailing from the rich classes.
• FaroDiRoma.it calls the government's recent measures “unacceptable” but calls on the bishops to admit their complicity in the events of 2018, and begin talks with the government.
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