life in diriamba may appear calm, but just weeks life in diriamba may appear calm, butjust weeks agoo the streets life in diriamba may appear calm, butjust weeks ago the streets were under siege. the small town was caught in the grip of the violence which swept across nicaragua as must government loyalists clashed with protesters demanding president daniel ortega step down. these paramilitaries made sure he did not. ina paramilitaries made sure he did not. in a secret location the bbc gained exclusive access to the armed group who cleared the barricades in diriamba and other towns in rebellion. the government describes them by the euphemism "voluntary police". translation: calling us paramilitaries is police". translation: calling us pa ramilitaries is not police". translation: calling us paramilitaries is not right. we have never been military, we are volunteer police who acted to clear the street but never shot to kill.|j am not defending a dictatorship, a dictator is not elected democratically like our president was. i cry for how the opposition has hurt my country. but few nicara

our correspondent will grant went to the town of diriamba, where he obtained unprecedented access to report. life may appear calm, butjust weeks ago the streets were under seized both the small town were caught in the grip and the violence that swept across nicaragua as masked government loyalists clashed with protesters demanding president daniel ortega stepped down. these paramilitaries made sure he did not. ina paramilitaries made sure he did not. in a secret location, the bbc gain exclusive access to the armed group who cleared access to the government describes them by the euphemism volu nta ry describes them by the euphemism voluntary police. calling us paramilitaries is voluntary police. calling us pa ramilitaries is not voluntary police. calling us paramilitaries is not right. we have never been military, we are volunteer police who acted to clear the streets, but never to kill.|j volunteer police who acted to clear the streets, but never to kill. i am not defending a dictatorship. a dictator is not elected democratically elect our president was. i cried for how the oppositio