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Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate and political prisoner Félix Maradiaga recently returned to exile in Miami after being released by the Ortega dictatorship. He spoke to WLRN's Tim Padgett about his 'torture' behind bars, the reunion with his family and his renewed resolve to fight.
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Nicaraguan opposition leader Félix Maradiaga spent 20 months in prison for challenging dictator Daniel Ortega. He's 'even more resolved' to see democracy restored.
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Shortly after putting the former prisoners on a plane to Washington, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government voted to strip them of Nicaraguan citizenship.
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Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega has seized the last remaining towns held by the opposition — and briefly presented political prisoner Félix Maradiaga in public.
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Daniel Ortega is still holding hundreds of political prisoners — including candidates who challenged him last year — and is still defying U.S. and E.U. sanctions.
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Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega has thrown more than 20 presidential candidates and opposition leaders in jail this summer. What should the U.S. and world do?
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COMMENTARY After arresting seven opposition leaders, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega confirms comparison with the thug dictator he once overthrew.
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Nicaragua is back in the headlines. The news is once again dark – and it seems to dash hopes of resolving the Central American country’s long political…
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The past few days in Nicaragua have been some of the bloodiest since protesters began calling for the removal of President Daniel Ortega in April.…
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Human rights groups say the number of anti-government protesters killed by security forces in Nicaragua has risen sharply in recent days. That's prompted…
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Anti-government unrest has been raging in Nicaragua since April – and so has the killing by pro-government security forces. Even after President Daniel…