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Nicaraguan bishop who refused exile gets 26 years in prison

Por: Los Angeles Times World February 11, 2023

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Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of Nicaragua’s government, was sentenced to 26 years in prison and stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship Friday, the latest move by President Daniel Ortega against the Catholic Church and his opponents. A day after he refused to get on a flight to the United States with 222 other prisoners, all opponents of Ortega, a judge sentenced Álvarez on charges of undermining the government,... + full article



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