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Matagalpa, Nicaragua Clergy Support their Fasting Bishop

“Monsignor Rolando Álvarez is not alone. We join in fasting and prayer with our bishop in all the temples and chapels of our Diocese.”

Sergio Ramirez points out that the Episcopal Conference “should not hesitate to give a unanimous, firm and unwavering support” to the bishop.

The writer regretted that Daniel Ortega’s political prisoners are the dictatorship’s bargaining chip in exchange for easing sanctions.

“We must continue pressuring, but without harboring any illusions. Dictatorships have proven themselves to be resilient.”

The Catholic bishop takes shelter in a Las Colinas church in Managua and calls on parishioners from Matagalpa and Estelí to join the fast.

Ricky Pineda, 23, is originally from the Amak community. He left to become a doctor and now wants to return to serve his people.

Since 2018, 267 organizations, associations, foundations, centers, institutes of civil society have been forced to cease operating.

Since May 15, the police siege has intensified outside the San Juan the Baptist Church in Masaya, explains Father Harving Padilla.

“Daniel Ortega’s tirades against the OAS and the US are to project a position of apparent strength to the Sandinista militancy…”

Cristyana said the argument of treason that the regime uses against their adversaries who are currently imprisoned, is galling and revolting