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August 23, 2017

Nicaragua: Hundreds of Former Sandinista Fighters March to Demand Housing, Pensions
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In Nicaragua, hundreds of former Sandinista fighters marched in the
capital Managua Tuesday to demand the housing, healthcare and pension
payments promised to the retired veterans of the Nicaraguan resistance
movement that brought Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to power. This
is retired fighter Carlos Garcia.

Carlos Garcia: "To us, those mutilated from the war, injured by combat,
where are we immortalized? We're not immortalized, Commander Daniel
Ortega. We're still alive and we want a dignified resolution. The
necessary time to do this has been since 1978. To ask for this right,
like revolutionary Rosario Murillo said, is a right that we deserve, a
right that won't be lost. And now, all of us here, are demanding our
right."



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