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Nicaraguan police raid news network critical of Ortega
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS DECEMBER 22, 2018 / 12:50 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Nicaraguan police raid news network critical of Ortega
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police raided the offices of a major broadcaster and arrested its director late on Friday, family members and co-workers said, in the latest crackdown on critics of President Daniel Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian government.
The broadcaster, 100% Noticias, was the only independent 24-hour news network that covered the country’s deepening political unrest, one of its worst crises since a civil war in the 1980s.
The government has sought to rein in months of protests seeking Ortega’s ouster.
The director of 100% Noticias, Miguel Mora, had taken refuge in the broadcaster’s offices for the past three weeks, citing threats he said he received from Ortega’s government.
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Nicaraguan police raid news network critical of Ortega
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police raided the offices of a major broadcaster and arrested its director late on Friday, family members and co-workers said, in the latest crackdown on critics of President Daniel Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian government.
The broadcaster, 100% Noticias, was the only independent 24-hour news network that covered the country’s deepening political unrest, one of its worst crises since a civil war in the 1980s.
The government has sought to rein in months of protests seeking Ortega’s ouster.
The director of 100% Noticias, Miguel Mora, had taken refuge in the broadcaster’s offices for the past three weeks, citing threats he said he received from Ortega’s government.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nicaragua-ortega/nicaraguan-police-raid-news-network-critical-of-ortega-idUSKCN1OL0K9
