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US State Department condemns Nicaragua’s shutdown of Catholic university
August 18, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: The US Department of State has issued a statement condemning the Nicaraguan government’s shutdown of the Jesuit-run University of Central America, and callinlg for the “immediate unconditional release” of Catholic political prisoners, including Bishpo Rolando Alvarez.
The State Department spokesman, Vedant Patel, said that the closing of the university “represents the further erosion of democratic norms” in Nicaragua.
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