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The Banishment of Daniel Ortega’s Political Prisoners

They will be able to recover their dignified condition as Nicaraguan citizens and their corresponding rights when democracy returns.

Among the political prisoners still held by the Ortega Murillo regime is Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, sentenced Friday to 26 years in jail.

In an express political trial on February 10th, a court serving the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, condemned the bishop for fabricated crimes.

Spain’s foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares: “the process to be used is that of granting citizenship via a naturalization certificate.”

A Network of Nicaraguans in the USA have launched an online effort to find a “home” and air transportation for those exiled by Ortega

“The crimes committed against these people must not go unpunished, and their rights must be restored as soon as possible,” said Luis Almagro.

Ortega calls the bishop a “terrorist”, “mad” and “unhinged”, and confesses that his regime still has three priests in jail.

God writes the lines of freedom crookedly, but with the right letters. And this is only the first page. The best pages are yet to come.

Ortega is a loyal disciple of Fidel Castro, who utilized the dissenters imprisoned during Cuba’s 2003 Black Spring as tokens of exchange.

Mark Petersen-Perez from Nicaragua took our photo of the day: “Food for the Table”, in Ticuantepe, Nicaragua.