Is Nicaragua the new Syria?

Nikki Haley warns that Central American nation is travelling ‘down the same path’ to civil war

Nicaragua protests
More than 300 people have been killed in violent clashes in Nicaragua since April
(Image credit: Getty Images)

The US ambassador to the United Nations has warned the organisation’s Security Council that Nicaragua is travelling “further down” the same path that led to a brutal civil war in Syria.

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