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Nicaraguan dissidents who spent months or even years behind bars before being freed describe prison hideous conditions that included torture.

Legal experts say Nicaragua's decision to strip the citizenship of 222 dissidents it exiled is unprecedented, at least in the Western Hemisphere.

Quote of the day… “We’re analyzing them to learn more about the surveillance program,” Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Wednesday. “We will pair that with what we learn from the balloon — what we learn from the balloon itself — with what we’ve gleaned based on our careful observation of the system when it was in our airspace, as the president directed his team to do.”

Twice a week at a petrol station on the western edge of Nicaragua's capital, local residents gather, carrying the telltale signs of people on the move: loaded backpacks, clothes and toiletries stuffed in plastic bags, and heavy jackets in preparation for a chilly journey far from the stifling heat.

The U.S. bishops have denounced the systematic aggression against the Catholic Church by Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega. | Faith

The U.S. bishops have denounced the systematic aggression against the Catholic Church by Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega. | Faith

The U.S. bishops have denounced the systematic aggression against the Catholic Church by Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega. | Faith

Nicaragua has finally charged a bishop it has been holding since August 19 with “conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the nation."

Nicaragua has finally charged a bishop it has been holding since August 19 with “conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the nation."

By Monday, Julia had moved inland over Guatemala and its winds were down to 30 mph.