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The unrest in the central American nation of Nicaragua has by now claimed the lives of 11 people (although human rights watch groups put the death toll at 25 already), one of whom was a journalist killed by a sniper during a live broadcast.

Nicaraguan journalist Angel Eduardo Gahona spent the last four minutes of his life covering youth protest and incoming riot police in the city of Bluefields. He was streaming his broadcast when he was shot and killed. The video is quite gruesome.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/22Abr?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#22Abr</a> Así cayó asesinado el periodista nicaragüense Ángel Gahona al recibir disparo en la cabeza mientras transmitía en vivo protestas contra el gobierno de Daniel Ortega.<br>Los testigos apuntan a la policía como responsable. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FuerzaNicaragua?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FuerzaNicaragua</a> <a href="https://t.co/LNou6Rw2vH">pic.twitter.com/LNou6Rw2vH</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/andreina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andreina</a></p>— Reporte Ya (@ReporteYa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ReporteYa/status/988016101517914114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Mr Gahona was telling about the damage that rioters and protesters had caused to a local bank when he is shot in the head from a distance and falls to the ground.

Related coverage: https://thegoldwater.com/news/23699-Nicaragua-Five-Dead-In-Spreading-Anti-Government-Protests-Video

The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government of President Daniel Ortega is under mounting pressure to revert the changes to pensions and taxes it has brought upon the country since last Wednesday.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">El momento en que el periodista Miguel Ángel Gahona hacía un Facebook Live y fue asesinado en Nicaragua <a href="https://t.co/orMoba2uP5">https://t.co/orMoba2uP5</a> <a href="https://t.co/D3NgKiYiTA">pic.twitter.com/D3NgKiYiTA</a></p>— infobae (@infobae) <a href="https://twitter.com/infobae/status/988026632710443009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Pope Francis, himself a South American, has called upon all parties to stop the bloodshed and for differences to "be resolved peacefully and with a sense of responsibility."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nicaraguan journalist Angel Eduardo Gahona spent the last four minutes of his life covering youth protest and incoming riot police tonight in Bluefields. He was streaming live on facebook when he was shot and killed. This was his last broadcast: <a href="https://t.co/ixWxQkzCZd">https://t.co/ixWxQkzCZd</a> <a href="https://t.co/4c8eXf0alL">pic.twitter.com/4c8eXf0alL</a></p>— Sandra Cuffe (@Sandra_Cuffe) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sandra_Cuffe/status/987915221682610176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Mr Ortega, who has been in power since 2007, says his government is prepared to hold talks about the measures but the protest organisers claim that the police violence which is widespread in the country needs to stop first.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">HAY Q ELIMINAR A LOS DICTADORES EN TODA AMÉRICA<br>Momento en que el periodista Nicaragüense Ángel Gahona recibe un disparo en la cabeza. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/21Abr?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#21Abr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/22Abr?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#22Abr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/REBELI%C3%93N?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#REBELIÓN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RESISTENCIA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RESISTENCIA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dictadura?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dictadura</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOSNicaragua?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOSNicaragua</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VenezuelaConNicaragua?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VenezuelaConNicaragua</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nicaragua?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Nicaragua</a><a href="https://t.co/BQmOKocBB0">pic.twitter.com/BQmOKocBB0</a></p>— AntiChabestiA9 (@AntiChabestiA9) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntiChabestiA9/status/988018767274954752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Since the election of 2016, Mr Ortega and his family (his wife is the Vice-President) have been accused by the US of vote-rigging. They were joined in their criticism by independent election observers from the EU.

Source:

https://twitter.com/pointerlu/status/988019742584778754