When Ortega regained the presidency, he cosied up to businessmen. He won over the Catholic Church with one of the world's strict disabortion bans. The number of people living on less than $3.20 a day fell from 27% in 2005 to 10% by 2017. But more recently, the regime has become bloodier and more brazen,. How so? So when students and pensioners peacefully protested against the government in 2018, police and Sandinita goons killed over 350 people.