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Elvira Cuadra Lira
En abril de 2018, en Nicaragua se produjo un estallido social con multitudinarias protestas que sorprendieron al gobierno porque expresaban un descontento que antes no se percibía tan extendido ni profundo. Los primeros análisis argumentaron que era imposible prever las acciones sociales (Marti i Puig 2019; Cabrales 2019); pero desde varios años antes había protestas y movilizaciones que alimentaron una corriente subterránea de descontento. Este ensayo hace un recuento de esas acciones sociales entre 2014 e inicios de 2018 y analiza tres casos emblemáticos de actores emergentes.
In April 2018, a social uprising occurred in Nicaragua with massive protests that lasted until early 2019 when they were crushed by state violence. The protests surprised the government because they expressed discontent that was not perceived to be so widespread or deep. Initial analyses argued that the uprising was impossible to foresee (Marti i Puig 2019; Cabrales 2019); however, for several years before, there had been protests and mobilizations that fed an underground current of discontent. This essay provides an overview of these social actions and analyzes three emblematic cases of emerging actors.
