Three months after unrest began convulsing the country, Nicaragua’s government is slowly reestablishing control over the Central American nation. Between July 6 and 8, the government of President Daniel Ortega staged new raids on protest barricades in Jinotega, in the country's north, and in Carazo, near Lake Nicaragua. The interventions follow weeks of police deployments against protesters guarding barricades elsewhere in the country, particularly in the opposition strongholds of Leon, Masaya and Monimbo. As the Ortega government slowly reasserts control over the country ahead of presidential elections in 2021, some observers might assume the country’s political instability is coming to an end. For nearly three months, frequent roadblocks and violent confrontations between police and protesters have put bystanders at risk of injury or death and disrupted road transport through Nicaragua, harming both the nation's economy and those of its neighbors.