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Five years ago in Nicaragua: a coup attempt begins
Five years ago, Nicaragua was subject to a violent attempted coup that lasted from April through July, 2018. DAN KOVALIK and JOHN PERRY look at how it was planned and how it started
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IN THE first few months of 2018, Nicaragua hardly appeared to be a strong candidate for an attempted coup.
Daniel Ortega’s government had an 80 per cent approval rating in a poll a few months earlier.
There had been eight years of continuous economic growth, during which the country achieved 90 per cent food sovereignty and cut hunger by 40 per cent, according to the UN’s global hunger index.
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