Family members and an ex-Nicaraguan diplomat say the inmates seen as political prisoners are headed to Washington after an apparently negotiated release.
With virtually no independent journalists left inside and foreign reporters banned from entering, Nicaragua has become ‘an information black hole.’Ortega first served as president in the 1980s during a bloody civil war that pitted Sandinista fighters against U.S.-backed Contra rebels. He was voted out in the 1990 presidential election but returned to power in 2007. By rigging elections, he has remained president ever since, becoming the longest-serving leader in Latin America.
Many were jailed at Managua’s infamous El Chipote prison, where, according to some prisoners who were released, torture was common and food was scant. Lucía Pineda, director of the 100% Noticias news channel, fled Nicaragua after being jailed for six months.
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