New Delhi, Delhi, India

Nicaragua unrest resumed as thousands of protestors hit the streets and continued their protest against the government.

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According to media reports, at least eight people lost their lives in violence, broke down during the protest. Roads and highways were also blocked by the protestors.

Four people were killed on Friday, and another four by mid-day Saturday, news agency AFP reported.

The Nicaraguans are protesting against President Ortega -- who is in power since 2007 -- led government from April.

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On April 18, Nicaraguans staged a massive protest against the government which was then triggered by the new social security system reforms. During that protest, at least 83 people including a journalist were killed and more than 860 were injured.

From demanding to scrap new social security reforms to now the demonstrators are demanding re-election in the country and changes in electoral laws to strengthen democracy.

They also demanded justice for people who were killed in the April's protest violence.

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Though Ortega has delivered steady growth to the country he has been criticised for corruption and his control over Congress, military and the electoral board and media.

He is also accused of turning Nicaragua into a family dictatorship as Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo as vice-president was elected in November 2016 for a term that ends in January.

In April the protests were put on hold after the week-long church mediated talks between the government and the opposition.

The Organization of American States has called for Ortega to call early elections, an issue which became the biggest stumbling block in dialogue.

Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said an early ballot would mean "dismantling constitutional order and the democratically elected government."

Ortega was a driving force in the overthrow of one of Latin America's most notorious regimes when his Sandinistas ended the Somoza dynasty's long rule of the country in 1979.

He was elected president in 1984, but a civil war, which pitted the Sandinistas against US-backed right-wing Contra rebels, hurt his popularity, and he was voted out in 1990.

Not until a 2006 election did Ortega reclaim the presidency.

Before protests broke out, an OAS team had been trying to mediate in a process aimed at bringing about new elections, as well as electoral reforms.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is currently in Nicaragua to investigate protest violence, already having condemned evidence of human rights abuses against demonstrators.

In April's protest violence demonstrators had alleged that national police was using live rounds and used excessive force to kill protestors during the clash between demonstrators and security forces.

(With inputs from news agencies)