Nicaragua's government has declared the Jesuit religious order illegal, and ordered the confiscation of all its property.
The University of Central America in Nicaragua was a hub for 2018 protests against the Ortega regime.
Since December 2021, at least 26 Nicaraguan universities have been closed and their assets seized by order of the Ortega government with a similar procedure. Seven of those were foreign institutions.in Nicaragua after the country’s government proposed suspending diplomatic relations. The expulsions, closures and confiscations have not just targeted the church. Nicaragua has outlawed or closed more than 3,000 civic groups and non-governmental organizations.
Those taken from prison and forced aboard a flight to the United States on Feb. 9 included seven presidential hopefuls barred from running in the 2021 election, lawyers, rights activists, journalists and former members of the Sandinista guerrilla movement.
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