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Nicaraguans Arrested in Massive Raid Still in Legal Limbo

At least 20 of those accused in May went into exile to avoid losing their freedom. Thirty other defendants remain under de facto “home arrest”

Priests & Church parishioners remain true to their faith, despite surveillance in the parishes & banishment or exile of 80 religious leaders.

“Unfortunately, Medina’s case joins that of 208 other journalists who, since 2018, have been forced into exile or asylum in other countries.”

Despite ideological differences, their goal was the same as today: defeat Daniel Ortega and get rid of the dictatorship.

The US will accept asylum applications from migrants in Mexico, a country that in turn will establish a “multipurpose international space”.

Amaya left Nicaragua for a post-graduate course in Guatemala, & was blocked from returning. He’s stranded where he has no relatives or friends

Increased remittances, tax extortion, & exports to the US are not sustainable in the medium term in the face of corruption and internal unrest

In Nicaragua, the Ortega regime retained & cancelled passports & imposed restrictions on the entry/exit of his critics & political opponents.

The three concessions the regime intends to grant are equivalent to 226,083 hectares, denounced Fundacion del Rio.

A count of universities shuttered in Nicaragua in recent years yields at least 20, many with campuses in multiple cities.