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Media, NGO offices taken over by government in Nicaragua
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 23, 2020 at 7:56 pm EDT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua Two media outlets and several non-governmental groups said Wednesday that their offices apparently were confiscated by the government of President Daniel Ortega, with placards were posted at the properties reading “Property of the Health Ministry.”
The offices in most cases were closed by the government following the 2018 protests against Ortega and have been occupied by police since then.
The signs appeared outside the television station 100% Noticias and the magazine Confidencial as well at the offices of NGOs Popol Na, Center for Health Information and Advisory Services, and the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights. The signs indicated the properties would be used as maternal welfare or drug treatment centres.
December 23, 2020 - 4:42 PM
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Two media outlets and several non-governmental groups said Wednesday that their offices apparently were confiscated by the government of President Daniel Ortega, with placards were posted at the properties reading âProperty of the Health Ministry.â
The offices in most cases were closed by the government following the 2018 protests against Ortega and have been occupied by police since then.
The signs appeared outside the television station 100% Noticias and the magazine Confidencial as well at the offices of NGOs Popol Na, Center for Health Information and Advisory Services, and the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights. The signs indicated the properties would be used as maternal welfare or drug treatment centres.
2020/12/24 08:42 FILE - In this May 26, 2018 file photo, the Spanish word for Murderer covers a mural of Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-governm. FILE - In this May 26, 2018 file photo, the Spanish word for Murderer covers a mural of Nicaragua s President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua s ruling party-dominated Congress has passed a law Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that would essentially ban opposition candidates from running in the 2021 presidential elections, giving President Daniel Ortega the power to unilaterally declare citizens terrorists or coup-mongers, classify them as traitors to the homeland and ban them from running as candidates. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)