Nicaraguan bishop gets 26 years in prison

Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez, an outspoken critic of Nicaragua's government, was sentenced to 26 years in prison and stripped of his Nicaraguan citizenship Friday, the latest move by President Daniel Ortega against the Catholic church and his opponents.

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