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Daniel Ortega is being criticized for the recent attacks on Church leaders in Nicaragua, who were among the few who could still criticize the Ortega-Murillo government. Bishop Rolando Álvarez was arrested after the police raided his residence and placed him under house arrest. Seven other priests are also in jail on charges ranging from alleged child abuse to disorderly conduct, though none have been convicted.
The clergy or religious missionaries who remained in Nicaragua have been subjected to campaigns of fear; They have reported that the authorities prohibited the Nicaraguan Church from holding religious processions in the streets, prevented them from celebrating masses, stationed police patrols in front of parishes, and have interrogated some priests.
This new chapter of Ortega’s repression in Nicaragua adds to what he has done against other sectors of society: close to 200 politicians, businessmen, social leaders, students and journalists have been imprisoned in the last year.
What is the direction that Daniel Ortega wants to give his country by repressing all critical voices or those who disagree with his policies? Why is there this persecution against the Church? How has the relationship between the Church and the Ortega government been over the years? Why is the international community and even the Vatican itself timid when it comes to asking for explanations or pointing out these actions by the Ortega government? We analyze it in this edition of El Debate together with our guests:
– Xochilth Ocampo, lawyer, journalist and former deputy for the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party.
– Israel Lewites, Nicaraguan exile and activist.
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