Is anyone in the States aware of what is happening in Nicaragua?  It looks like we are going to have to park the beast and fly from Guatemala to Panama and rent a car.  Not what we had in mind, but holy shit!

“We’re watching this with laser focus because we need to ensure that, the people have called for dialogue, the government participates; the people have called for investigations, the government does that; the military has said we’re staying out of that, they continue to do so,” a senior administration official told McClatchy.

The Nicaraguan government is just a few days into its dialogue that came to an impasse on Wednesday and suspended indefinitely, with students and other opposition groups over the political turmoil that has enveloped this nation after tens of thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets of Managua in massive demonstrations that led to the deaths of more than 75 people.

Protests broke out after the Nicaraguan government approved a resolution that would increase payroll taxes and cut pension benefits to strengthen the country’s social security fund.

Blockades on 146 roads including major highways.