The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on another son of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, accusing him of using a public relations firm to spread propaganda.
Doctors who were fired from the public health system after complaining about the lack of protective equipment in hospitals and asking that the government of President Daniel Ortega enact measures against the pandemic.
An independent count carried out by the Citizen Observatory, in Nicaragua there are more than 780 suspected cases of COVID-19, which are treated or admitted to health units as pneumonia.
A small group of Nicaraguans demonstrated against Ortega outside the presidential palace in San José, where Pompeo had talks with Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado.