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Vice-President Murillo Encourages Nicaragua to Push for Peace

  • Murillo offered words of encouragement for victims' families, saying this violent chapter in Nicaraguan history is coming to a close.

    Murillo offered words of encouragement for victims' families, saying this violent chapter in Nicaraguan history is coming to a close. | Photo: EFE

Published 31 May 2018
Opinion

Rosario Murillo offered words of encouragement for victims' families, saying this violent chapter in Nicaraguan history is coming to a close.

Peace, patience and forgiveness will carry Nicaragua through this time of conflict, Vice-President Rosario Murillo said Thursday, a day after a congregation of mourning mothers marched in Managua.

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"It's difficult to say good morning... when we all feel sad, when we are all in mourning, when we all feel angry, irritated, outraged by the use of violence," Murillo said after the Wednesday marches for Nicaraguan Mother's Day resulted in further violence and at least two more deaths.

"We all know where the pain comes from, who promotes pain, who have promoted hatred, who have interrupted the Nicaraguan way of life."

Using the country's religious history as a backdrop for her message of peace, Murillo offered words of encouragement for victims' families, saying this violent chapter in Nicaraguan history is coming to a close.

"That is the will of God that there be peace...Together – as one – we will stop this bloodbath that they want to impose on us and we will assure that life in affection that we all want with hard work, with effort, that life with love as brothers."

An investigation by an Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts into the recent violence is now underway, Murillo said, noting that protests have killed at least 85 people and injured almost 1,000 more.

Political dialogue came to a partial halt on May 23 after opposition sectors demanded President Daniel Ortega step down, prompting Foreign Minister Denis Moncada to accuse the opposition of pushing for a "soft coup."

Nicaragua's political crisis began in mid-April, when protesters took to the streets against proposed social security reforms that sought to overcome the financial crisis by increasing contributions by employees and employers to avoid increasing the retirement age.

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