Nicaraguan Health Workers May Strike Again
Nicaragua´s Federation of Health Workers (FETSALUD) has threatened to go on strike again if the government insists in failing to fulfill agreements signed to end a five-month strike in April.

According to union leader Gustavo Porras, health authorities refuse to pay incentives and extra hours to FETSALUD workers, including doctors, nurses and other staff.

Hospitals will join the strike if they fail to pay, warned Porras at the conclusion of Wednesday´s meeting with Minister Margarita Gurdian.

The minister said the government is fulfilling agreements gradually.

Meanwhile, hundreds of health workers blocked the main entrance of the Health Ministry and La Mascota Children´s Hospital in Managua while the meeting between Porras and Gurdian was being held, local radio reported.