What began as a protest against social security reforms has expanded into a broad-based public outcry against the administration of President Daniel Ortega, who has been in office for 11 years but has held political power in the country in various roles since the 1979 Sandinista Revolution. 
Maandamano yaliyoanza kwa ajili ya kupinga mabadiliko ya bima za jamii yalichukua sura mpya hadi kuwa kilio kikuu cha wananchidhidi ya uongozi wa Rais Daniel Ortega, ambaye amekuwa madarakani kwa miaka 11 lakini akiwa ameshashika nyadhifa mbalimbali za kisiasa tangu mageuzi ya Sandinista ya mwaka 1979.