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Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest of press freedom award
Nicaragua has withdrawn from the U.N. cultural and educational body UNESCO because of the awarding of a prize celebrating ...
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And there there were none: Ortega eliminates his last main rival in Nicaragua's presidential election
As we say in Nicaragua, Ortega controls from head to tail all the country's institutions, including the electoral apparatus," said Fley, who is president of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN ...
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Nicaragua Once Again Bans Holy Week Processions
The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has banned, for the third consecutive year, street processions in the country ...
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Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest at press freedom award
PARIS (AP) — UNESCO on Sunday announced the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the U.N. cultural and educational body because of ...
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Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest over press freedom award
Nicaragua’s angry departure is a blow for the organization that is also in the crosshairs of U.S. President Donald Trump. In an executive order in February, Trump called for a review of ...