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Nicaragua released imprisoned priests, but repression is unlikely to relent – and the Catholic...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhen President Daniel Ortega returned to power in 2006, church figures supported him. Violent...
Nicaragua’s dictator clamps down on the Catholic Church. Why has Pope Francis remained silent? |...
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoIt’s hard to decide what is more outrageous: Nicaragua’s dictator Daniel Ortega’s decision to shut...
How can the world stand by and watch the purge of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHuman rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has been trying to raise awareness of the persecution and...
Nicaragua arrests second bishop as crackdown on Catholic church intensifies
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA second bishop was arrested by Nicaraguan authorities on Thursday, two sources told CNN, amid a...
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega goes after the Catholic Church in his latest effort to stop...
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoNicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has cracked down on Catholic leaders and the church to thwart...
Catholic clergy report surveillance, beatings amid Nicaragua's crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe police showed up two days after a Catholic clergyman at a church near the Nicaraguan capital...
Why has Nicaragua suddenly released more than 200 political prisoners?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNicaragua has unexpectedly moved to release 222 of the 245 political prisoners it has been holding...
Nicaragua releases Bishop Rolando Alvarez, 18 detained clergy
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAfter spending more than a year behind Nicaraguan bars, Rolando Alvarez, a prominent Catholic bishop...
Vatican closes embassy in Nicaragua after Ortega's crackdown
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Vatican said Saturday it had closed its embassy in Nicaragua after the country's government...
Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNicaragua's lawmakers have closed NGOs in a string of decrees. STR/AFP via Getty ImagesMany...