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A12 WORLD NEWS
Wednesday 20 June 2018

3 more killed as Nicaragua's political unrest hits 2 months

By LUIS MANUEL GALEANO Church has tried to moder-
Associated Press ate negotiations on restor-
MANAGUA, Nicaragua ing peace, but the talks
(AP) — Three people were broke down again this
shot dead in the city of Ma- week after the government
saya security forces and al- refused to allow interna-
lied groups tried to regain tional observers to arrive
control of the area, a hu- and verify the human rights
man rights group reported situation, as had been pre-
Tuesday, the two-month viously agreed.
anniversary of political un- "The people of Masaya
rest that has shaken Nica- have demonstrated their
ragua. heroism in the darkest pag-
Alvaro Leiva, director of the es of Nicaragua's history,"
Nicaraguan Pro-Human Luis Almagro, secretary-
Rights Association, said 40 general of the Organiza-
people were also wound- tion of American States,
ed in the clashes in Masaya tweeted Tuesday. He con-
that came a day after talks demned "all manner of at-
on finding a solution to the tacks" that threaten the
country's crisis were again lives and safety of the pub-
suspended. lic.
"In the face of this exces- Opponents to the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega confront government forces The latest violence coincid-
sive attack involving in- at a barricade as they enter the city of Masaya, Nicaragua, June 19, 2018. ed with the arrival in Nica-
comparable forces, the Associated Press ragua of Washington's am-
citizens are putting up a bassador to the OAS.
physical resistance within mantle roadblocks main- "kidnapped" the city. machinery. The U.S. Embassy said in
their means because they tained by protesters for Video images broadcast More than 170 people have a statement that Carlos
have to protect their lives," over three weeks between by local television showed died since April 19 amid Trujillo planned to meet
Leiva said. Managua and Masaya, police and allied groups a heavy-handed crack- with Ortega and opposi-
Beginning early in the which is about 15 miles (25 shooting toward people at down on protests that have tion representatives "to
morning, forces allied with kilometers) southeast of the the roadblocks, and later broadened to demand see firsthand the real-
President Daniel Ortega's capital. They accused the barricades and tree trunks Ortega's exit. ity of what is happening in
government moved to dis- demonstrators of having were removed by heavy The Roman Catholic Nicaragua."q

Vatican promises to hear

more abuse complaints in Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A vestigating such cases "is a took the declarations of 64
papal envoy looking into duty of justice." people on a first visit and
clerical sexual abuse is He spoke at a news confer- on his return, brought a pa-
leaving Chile, but he says ence Tuesday at the end of pal request for pardon from
the Vatican will continue his second trip to the coun- a southern diocese whose
collecting testimony from try, which has been rocked bishop was among those
people who allege they by scandals over cover-ups who resigned.
were sexually abused. by senior churchmen, three He says a church office will Archbishop Charles Scicluna speaks during a press conference
Maltese Archbishop of whom have been forced continue to receive oral or in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
Charles Scicluna says in- to resign. Scicluna's mission written complaints.q Associated Press