![]() ![]() ![]() “It felt like three thousand years,” said the 24-year-old former medical student, who is now living in exile in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose.įor Cadena and many other young people who fled Nicaragua in the wake of the 2018 crackdown on anti-government protests, Ortega’s re-election to a fourth consecutive term this month means they feel they still cannot go home. SAN JOSE (Reuters) – When asked about the three days she spent in a Nicaraguan prison in 2018 for protesting against President Daniel Ortega, Tania Cadena pointed to white scars on her arm and forehead, then pulled aside her lips to reveal a missing molar.
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