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Weekly Report - 26 July 2018 (WR-18-29)

NICARAGUA: Ortega takes aim at the Church

“Allies of coup mongers.” This is how President Daniel Ortega referred to Nicaragua’s Catholic Church in a speech held to mark the 19 July anniversary of the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship (1936-1979) which singled out the Church for particular criticism. Ortega’s blistering verbal attack on the religious leaders followed recent incidents of violence targeting churches and members of the clergy. This would appear to signal a change of tack and one which raises questions about the future prospects of dialogue, given Ortega’s earlier request that the Episcopal Conference (CEN) mediate in the conflict which began three months earlier amid a brutal State crackdown on anti-government protesters.

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