Violence returns to anti-government protests in Nicaragua
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Violence returned to protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega when riot police confronted students who had seized a university.
Students demanding greater democracy and Ortega's resignation took over the Engineering University in Managua, the capital.
Government supporters moved to end the takeover, but anti-government protesters took the students' side. The opposition demonstrators then partially set fire to the pro-government radio station Radio Ya, whose offices are located near the university.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police were sent to contain the protests Monday and there were reports of people injured.
Protests erupted in mid-April after Ortega imposed austerity measures for Nicaragua's social security system. At least 76 people died amid a violent response from police and government-allied Sandinista youth groups.