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Alumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their livesThe confiscation of UCA follows a series of increasingly authoritarian actions by the government against the Catholic Church and opposition figures.
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The move comes a week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated the prestigious Jesuit-run University of Central America in Nicaragua, arguing it was a 鈥渃enter of terrorism.鈥
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Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez is the most important democratic resistance symbol left in Nicaragua. Will the Ortega dictatorship expel the Church to block him?
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South Florida's Nicaraguan diaspora is not as well equipped as others to handle the rush of refugees escaping the Ortega dictatorship 鈥 and needs a hand.
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Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate and political prisoner F茅lix Maradiaga recently returned to exile in Miami after being released by the Ortega dictatorship. He spoke to WLRN's Tim Padgett about his 'torture' behind bars, the reunion with his family and his renewed resolve to fight.
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MIAMI (AP) 鈥 Constant fear. Threats. Screams. Darkness. Cells measuring six feet by nine (2 by 3 meters), with a hole in the floor for a toilet. Nicaraguan opposition prisoners recounted last week the months 鈥攁nd sometimes years 鈥 they spent in the notorious prisons run by the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
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Nicaraguan opposition leader F茅lix Maradiaga spent 20 months in prison for challenging dictator Daniel Ortega. He's 'even more resolved' to see democracy restored.
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COMMENTARY Politicos on the left sweep Nicaragua's deepening dictatorship under the rug 鈥 while on the right they sweep it onstage as a cynical prop.
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Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega has seized the last remaining towns held by the opposition 鈥 and briefly presented political prisoner F茅lix Maradiaga in public.
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COMMENTARY Biden has little choice but to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the Americas Summit. Nor can he welcome U.S. democracy-defilers.
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COMMENTARY Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua have secured the support of powerful kindred allies. To confront them, the U.S. should do more of that too.
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The almost 50 political opponents of Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega are expected to be convicted on what rights advocates call "sham" treason charges.