TOPSHOT - An anti-government protester sits on a a barricade in Managua on June 20, 2018. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has taken advantage of failed attempts to mediate a deadly political crisis to increase levels of repression in the country, activists charged Wednesday. With the death toll from the past two months of violence now at 186, Nicaraguan activists said the government appeared to have ramped up the violence, even when it was participating in church-mediated talks aimed at halting the unrest. / AFP PHOTO / MARVIN RECINOS