Wall Street Journalのインスタグラム(wsj) - 6月19日 04時48分

Since a revolt broke out in #Nicaragua two months ago, President Daniel Ortega has lost control over most of the country, including Masaya, a city 17 miles south of the capital of Managua. ⠀
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The streets of this largely indigenous city are strewn with rubble and mostly deserted. Bullet holes dot the colonnade of the city’s main plaza. The police station is the last remaining government stronghold.⠀
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"We are going to make hamburger meat out of them," said a masked man armed with a homemade bazooka, referring to dozens of police who remain loyal to Mr. Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader.⠀
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The insurrection began as a protest against tax increases to fund the country's pension system. But a brutal response by the president's security forces angered many Nicaraguans, who demand he immediately step down. Many also resent a creeping autocracy, as the president has dismantled most of Nicaragua's democratic institutions. ⠀
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Young rebels have erected more than 120 barricades on the country's main roads, leaving Managua almost totally isolated by the blockades. At each of 12 checkpoints between Managua and Masaya, vehicles are stopped by machete-wielding men with ski masks.⠀
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Last week, hundreds of mourners accompanied the coffin of Jorge Zepeda, whose nom de guerre was Commander Chabelo, to the cemetery. Insurgents say the 33-year-old mechanic was shot dead by a sniper in Masaya's main square.⠀
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"They will need 150,000 coffins if they want to defeat us," said a defiant Guillermo García, a local shopkeeper.⠀
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