Nicaraguan violence escalates as socialist state declares Catholic Church its enemy

I wrote about the government crackdown on protesters in Nicaragua last month. Very briefly, socialist president Daniel Ortega has been using both the police and paramilitary goons who support his regime to battle pro-democracy protesters who believe he plans to remain in control of the country for life. In a few months, over 300 people have been killed, most but not all were protesters. Initially, Ortega appealed to the Catholic Church as mediators between the government and the protesters but as the body count increased so too did the denunciations from Catholic leaders. Now Ortega has turned against the church. From the NY Times: -- More....