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Nicaraguan opposition slams government’s no show at talks

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Fugitive Salvadoran ex-president given Nicaragua citizenship

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch, shows journalists a report about Nicaragua at the HRW office in Washington on Wednesday June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo)

Human rights group urges sanctions on Nicaragua’s Ortega

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Students, some hiding their identify for fear of being identified and later attacked by security forces or government supporters, protest inside the Central American University (UCA) where security forces cannot legally enter to demand the release of all political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, the last day of a 90-day period for releasing such prisoners as part of negotiations between the government and opposition. Nicaragua's government said Tuesday that it has released all prisoners detained in relation to 2018 anti-government protests, though the opposition maintains that more than 80 people it considers political prisoners are still in custody. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Nicaragua says released all considered political prisoners

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga) ** FILE **

Ortega seen using Nicaragua talks with opposition to buy time, retain power

By Maggie Garred - The Washington Times

A political prisoner celebrates from the window of a bus belonging to the prison administration, his release from jail, in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. The prisoner's release comes amid a broader move to set free people the opposition considers political prisoners under an agreement meant to ease the country's political standoff. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuñiga)

Nicaragua officials release more prisoners after crackdown

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters, some wearing masks to hide their identity from authorities, protest on the grounds of the Cathedral after their march was blocked by police in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, May 26, 2019. The banner features Eddy Montes Praslin, a Nicaraguan-American dual national who was a staunch opponent of the government of President Daniel Ortega and who died in a prison disturbance in Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Nicaragua government releases 50 more political prisoners

Associated Press

In this Oct. 17, 2018 photo, provided by the Nicaraguan National Police, prisoners detained and imprisoned during the recent uprisings against the government of President Daniel Ortega, are shown to the press in Managua, Nicaragua. At left is Eddy Antonio Montes Praslin, who was killed on Thursday, May 16, 2019, by a bullet in a prison north of the capital amid disturbances that left six prison officials injured, Nicaragua's interior ministry said. (Nicaraguan National Police via AP)

Lawyer: 17 wounded in prison where US-Nicaraguan man killed

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Nicaraguan bank sanctioned by US shuts down

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, Managua's auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop Silvio Báez arrives at the Sacred Heart church in Managua, Nicaragua. Báez, an outspoken critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has left on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, for the Vatican after being called there indefinitely by Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Bishop critical of Nicaragua’s Ortega leaves for Vatican

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Anti-government protesters join a Stations of the Cross procession on Good Friday, carrying signs demanding the release of political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 19, 2019. Good Friday religious processions in Nicaragua’s capital have taken a decidedly political tone as people have seized on a rare opportunity to renew protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Nicaraguans use Good Friday processions to protest

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton gestures while discussing administration new policy during a speech, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Coral Gables, Fla., at the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association on the 58th anniversary of the United States' failed 1961 invasion of the island, an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government. The Trump administration on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama administration policy and announcing new restrictions and sanctions against the three countries whose leaders national security adviser John Bolton dubbed the &quot;three stooges of socialism.&quot; (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Strong police presence prevents march in Nicaragua

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga) ** FILE **

Daniel Ortega Nicaragua crackdown forces Silvio Baez into exile

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, Managua's auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop Silvio Báez prays during a Sunday Mass at the the Sacred Heart church in Managua, Nicaragua. Pope Francis has asked Báez, one of Nicaragua’s most outspoken bishops, to come to Rome for an undetermined period of time, church officials said Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Bishop asks Nicaraguans to ‘fight for freedom’ in speech

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, Managua's auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop Silvio Báez prays during a Sunday Mass at the the Sacred Heart church in Managua, Nicaragua. Pope Francis has asked Báez, one of Nicaragua’s most outspoken bishops, to come to Rome for an undetermined period of time, church officials said Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Pope calls Nicaragua bishop critical of government to Rome

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Prisoner Franklin Perez, 29, hugs his son and his mother Lidia in his home after he was released to house arrest, in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 5, 2019. Perez is among the 50 people released Friday who had been jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government. However charges were not dropped against the demonstrators. Instead they were for the most part transferred to a form of house arrest, short of the unrestricted freedom that the opposition has demanded. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Nicaragua releases 50 prisoners to house arrest

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Police detain protesters in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday, March 16, 2019. Nicaragua's government banned opposition protests in September and police broke up Saturday's attempt at a demonstration to pressure the government to release hundreds of protesters held in custody since 2018. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Nicaragua government says it will free all jailed protesters

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

Alex Vanegas holds on to the iron bars he had installed on the porch of his apartment to symbolize his home arrest in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Grasping the iron bars, Vanegas is taken back to the dark prison cells where he spent the previous four months talking to fellow inmates through holes in the walls that also let in rats, scorpions and cockroaches, arrested for protesting against the government of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Nicaragua ‘marathon man’ protester defiant from house arrest

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice-President Rosario Murillo preside a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. President Ortega said Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, that he will restart talks with his opponents, seven months after the last round of dialogue broke down and the government unleashed a round of arrests. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaragua opposition leaves talks until prisoners released

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice-President Rosario Murillo preside a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. President Ortega said Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, that he will restart talks with his opponents, seven months after the last round of dialogue broke down and the government unleashed a round of arrests. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaragua talks on crisis begin, dozens of prisoners freed

By GABRIELA SELSER - Associated Press