Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua freezes bank accounts, assets of Jesuit university

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The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua, froze the bank accounts and assets of the Central American University (UCA), run by the Society of Jesus, a move that has been condemned by a bishop and multiple organizations.

“As a former student of the Central American University of Managua, I repudiate the aggression of the dictatorship against this center of studies,” the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, Silvio Báez, wrote Aug. 10 on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account. ---More...