Timeline

Student grouped in Movimiento universitario 19 de Abril, agree to participate in the dialogue. One murder.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says that the Nicaraguan government should «immediately» investigate the journalist’s murder while covering the protests for Social Security reforms.

First students arrested last week are released. Government invites the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua to mediate and participate in the dialogue.

Mass march from Metrocentro a UPOLI, convened by COSEP in support of the students.

Daniel Ortega on televised appearance revokes reforms to INSS and affirms that he does not accept conditions for dialogue.

The journalist Ángel Gahona was murdered in Bluefields while covering a protest live in Bluefields. In total 11 murdered this day.

The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua supports dialogue as a solution to the conflict. Government accepts dialogue with the private sector and asks that the bishops be the mediators.

Cosep and AmCham issue a statement lamenting the acts of violence and endorse the Episcopal Conference’s call for dialogue.