Nikki Haley says she doesn’t want Nicaragua to turn into another Venezuela or Syria

Tales of unbearable torture and deaths of anti-government protesters at the hands of the Nicaraguan security forces and paramilitaries were heard at the United Nations Security Council.The meeting early Wednesday was called by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley, in spite of protests from several countries —  including usual foes Russia, China and Bolivia who claimed it was not part of the council’s business. She brought the dire human rights situation in Nicaragua up for discussion at the Security Council. Haley warned that just like Venezuela’s humanitarian and economic crisis, the situation in Nicaragua is at a precipice and told council members that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro were very much alike. More…