Juan Sebastian Chamorro, executive director of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development, called the situation in Nicaragua "extremely dire" and said the country is facing a "humanitarian crisis."
"More than 300 people have been killed in the streets of Nicaragua. More than 2,000 people have been wounded. A hundred and fifty people have been unaccounted for," he said. "And as you can see in the images, you can see soldiers with heavy weapons, live ammunition, weapons that are used for war, shooting against the population that are using just slingshots and house-made mortars and stones."
Protests against cuts to the social security system that began three months ago have since became a broader call for Ortega to leave office.
