Police detain protesters in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Nicaragua’s government banned opposition protests in September and police broke up Saturday’s attempt at a demonstration to pressure the government to release hundreds of protesters held in custody since 2018. (Alfredo Zuniga/Associated Press)MANAGUA, Nicaragua — President Daniel Ortega’s administration promised Wednesday to free within 90 days all demonstrators arrested in the year since protests erupted against the Nicaraguan government. The release of an estimated 640 opposition protesters had been the main demand of the opposition for continuing talks with the government. The announcement on prisoners was made by Waldemar Sommertag, the papal nuncio in Nicaragua, accompanied by opposition and government officials.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2019 00:37 UTC