This is going to be an interesting weekend, with political protests and such...Kate summed it up nicely on her blog, so I'm just copying and pasting what she said:
Last year around this time, the mayoral elections were held all throughout the country of Nicaragua. They turned out to be a total fraud as votes were thrown away, ignored or unfairly cast. It was a pretty big deal with a lot of protest. Since then, the president has been working to change the constitution so that he will be able to run for election again [it previously stated that one could only run for two terms in office, and Ortega is 4 years through his second 6 year term, so of course, why wouldn't he work to change that right?!]. There are supposed to be some pretty big protests [potentially/definitely turning violent] this weekend. People are already flooding into the capital city of Managua to gear up for the event. FSLN flags are waving, people are gathering, fireworks are being sold...and I just heard the first few fireworks actually go off...Already? The protesting and marching isn't until Saturday!! Well, prepare yourself, Managua. It's gonna be a big weekend!
My plan is to stay away from the action, hunker down at my house, and get a head start on homework for next week, my final papers, and studying for finals. Woo hoo!!
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