they need immediate help. ,my: monica a lopez baltodano your mother was a fighter withta sandininistaration front. can you talk about what the students are demanding now? your thoughts of them coming to meet with republicans i in congress and appealing to the trump administration and what you think is going to happen now in nicaragua? >> yeah, the people in the streets are not appealing to any force outside from our own. we are quite clear the strength of this struggle is on the street and on the organization of people in the streets. of course, it is relevant to make everyone outside nicaragua understand the level of hate the government is portraying against the nicaraguan population. the level of violence, the use of mechanisms that are unseen for my generation. most of the use were born in the 1990's. the people that are blocking street, putting barricades that are taking the university campuses, all of those people are saying quite clearly, we do not want any arrangement under the table. out of power as soon as possible. we need to do a profound change in nicaragua's constitution

in mananagua, we are joined byby monica lopez b baltodano, a humn rights activist t who is on the frontes ofof protests inin is the author of the bout th the book about the canal. and in new york, we're joined by stephen hellinger, president development gap -- the development group for alternative policies -- which has worked around the world with local organizations since 1976 to promote economic justice through changes in prevailing international economic programs and policies. he has l lived and worked extensively in nicaragua. welcome to dememocracy now! let's begin with monica lopez babaltodano. explain what is happenining on e ground.. >> thank you very much for the opportunity. what we have been seeing for the oftdaysse u very strong proper the rebellion against the violence of daniel ortega's govent. the rebellion has beened by also it has nowut become a rebellion of all the nicaraguan population. we've seen massiveve proteststsn the streets. also important, actions a protest happening, for instance, re0% othe e nicaragua are blococked by population is requesting twsic thgs. jui

population that would take it and his wife leave power -- washington week power, because monica lopez baltodanos it? there's a thing called democratic process. what we're looking for is a democratic process. --re looking for peace peaceful condition secondly to democratic outcomes. it is not -- advocate a coup, a violent coup in a polarized society does not end the violence. the violence would continue. we need institutions. we need democracy now. amy: whited the ortega government opened fire on the protesters, more than 100 have been killed? >> that is a very gross exaggegeration. amy: what would you say? what do you say? >> i say the government has agreed the forensic people are the inter-american commission of human rights a company the nicaraguan prosecutors and a loose dating everyone of those places without gross generalizations, one hears every day, try to put the 10 policemen who have been killed on the account of the government, the government burned down its own mayors offices in various on the that the x houses of the sandinistas. amy: we have to leave it there. we will do a post sho