Glavin: Under Ortega, Nicaragua is imploding

After more than three months of violence and state terror, Nicaraguans are now fleeing their country, showing up by the thousands in neighbouring Costa Rica and Honduras. They’re filing refugee claims in Panama, Mexico and even the United States. Nearly 25,000 Nicaraguans have applied for asylum in Costa Rica since April, when Manuel Ortega’s paramilitaries started shooting student protesters. Costa Rican immigration officials say they can’t keep up; they’re getting