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The Nicaraguan government has intensified its confrontation with one of the country’s most popular and historically powerful institutions: the Catholic Church. Police raided the episcopal rectory in the northern city of Matagalpa on August 19, placing a bishop, five priests and two seminarians under arrest. In recent weeks, President Daniel Ortega has shut down seven Catholic radio stations, expelled missionaries and banned religious processions in an effort to silence dissent — even at the risk of alienating the country’s fervently Catholic population.

The country has persecuted the founder of one of its major daily newspapers—again. But that’s just the beginning.

Newspaper director José Rubén Zamora’s jailing reflects the international community’s failures.

Newspaper director José Rubén Zamora’s jailing reflects the international community’s failures.

San Salvador, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) Guilty or innocent, 25 Salvadoran officials have been included in the Engel List, an arbitrary and interfering initiative approved by the Congress of the United States, according to local media.