NICARAGUA OPPOSITION
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Crime & Justice
Top Nicaragua opposition figure Chamorro sentenced to 8 years in prison
Managua, Mar 21 (EFE).- Nicaragua’s top opposition figure and former presidential hopeful Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced on Monday to…
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Crime & Justice
Nicaraguan presidential hopeful Chamorro sent to trial
Managua, Sep 2 (EFE).- Former Nicaraguan opposition presidential hopeful Cristiana María Chamorro Barrios and four others were charged with money…
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Politics
Former Nicaraguan opposition ambassador detained
Managua, Aug 9 (EFE).- A former Nicaraguan ambassador to Costa Rica was detained on Monday after leaving an appointment at…
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Crime & Justice
Nicaraguan student leader arrested for speaking out, mother says
Managua, Jul 6 (EFE).- Opposition student leader Lesther Aleman, who rebuked Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega during the start of a…
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Politics
Journalists, former commander leave Nicaragua amid wave of arrests
Managua, 22 Jun (EFE).- Two journalists and a former revolutionary commander left Nicaragua amid a wave of arrests of opposition…
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Politics
Ahead of elections, Nicaraguan police arrest eighth opponent in recent days
Managua, Jun 12 (EFE).- The Nicaraguan police on Saturday night said it had arrested opposition leader Daysi Tamara Dávila Rivas…
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