The attacks are gaining in strength. Everything in Leon is closed including the BanPro which is a government bank. They remain closed until further notice. This is the bank that most pensioners and workers receive their pay. The 15th is a payday here.
There is no respect being shown for the churches. On Sunday the masses in the Cathedral in Managua were canceled because the para-military groups had taken over the building and were threatening the parishioners.
On Sunday in Leon, groups of the presidents supporters were going from church to church, defecating in paper cups and spreading it on the priests robes. Many of the other religious groups are complaining of being harassed. Prayer groups are being canceled. Funerals are being kept small for fear of attacks.
Medical care for the injured often lacks compassion. Ambulances are called meat wagons for a reason. Medications are in short supply as are blood and IV fluids. Patients are asked to pay in advance for their bandages with no guarantee that there will be fresh ones available when they need them. The hospitals no longer supply food for their inpatients. Often the dead lie in the street where they have fallen until family can retrieve them. People who die in hospital are left on the loading dock in the sun, next to the garbage.
Small planes are spraying chemicals over the smaller communities. At first it was pesticides. Now I am not sure what it is as it doesn’t smell like any that I am familiar with. Fish in the fish farms are dying.
Managua is a war zone. There is no doubt about what is happening there. Masaya has more dead and injured as well. There reports just keeping coming mostly through 100%Noticias and their informers. The government radio and TV stations only report how pale and stressed the presidential couple are.
