Police confront reporters outside the house of journalist and pre-presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro in Managua on June 2, 2021. (INTI OCON/AFP via Getty Images)
Tensions are high as pro-regime mouthpieces make thinly veiled threats
By Eduardo Campos Lima
-- Catholic activists and leaders in Nicaragua fear that a wave of detentions launched by President Daniel Ortega against his political opponents may reach members of the clergy.
Over the past few weeks, Ortega’s regime has arrested 17 political leaders of the opposition, including four potential candidates in the upcoming presidential elections, scheduled for November.
