A relative holds a picture of Darwin Manuel Urbina, 29, who according to nation's Red Cross was shot dead during a protest over a controversial reform to the pension plans of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS), during his funeral in his home in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Saturday he was ready to consider changing an unpopular social security overhaul that has sparked days of deadly protests and one of the biggest crises of his leadership.
At least six people have died since Nicaraguans began demonstrating on Wednesday against measures that increase worker contributions and lower pensions, in an unusually direct challenge to Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla.
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