Ortega expels the UN

 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has ordered a team from the United Nations Commission for Human Rights to leave. The expulsion comes days after a critical report into human rights in Nicaragua during months of anti-government protests.

Ortega had invited the UN team to help monitor a national dialogue process between the government and the protestors which stalled. He said earlier this week that the UN had overstepped its authority and was violating Nicaragua's national sovereignty.

For further information on the situation in Nicaragua see this month's Socialist Standard