By AFPMore by this AuthorMANAGUAThe death toll from weeks of violent unrest in Nicaragua rose to almost 100 as embattled President Daniel Ortega rejected calls to step down and the Catholic church, which has tried to mediate the conflict, Thursday refused to resume the dialogue. The government and opposition had agreed on Monday to resume peace talks mediated by the Catholic church that stalled last week. "The aggressors were the repressive police" and anti-riot forces who report to Ortega and his wife, according to the rights group. RADIO STATIONSInstallations of the official radio station Radio Ya and a rural credit cooperative were burned and the facade of the national baseball stadium was destroyed. Offices of the opposition channel 100% Noticias, censored for several days in mid-April by the authorities because of its coverage of demonstrations, and the transmission installations of the opposition radio station Darío in Leon were also attacked, their owners reported.

Source: Daily Nation May 31, 2018 17:15 UTC