Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CC BY-SA 4.0)ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2023 / 09:15 am (CNA).The auxiliary bishop of Managua, Silvio Báez, who lives in exile in the United States, called the Daniel Ortega dictatorship s staging this weekend of a prison interview with Bishop Rolando Álvarez "repugnant and cynical."Álvarez was sentenced to 26 years and four months in prison on Feb. 10 as a "traitor to the homeland."El 19 Digital, a news outlet supportive of the dictatorship, released over the weekend photos and a video of Álvarez, the bishop of Matagalpa, who was visited by a brother and sister on March 25 in the prison known as La Modelo.In the images, the bishop is wearing his blue prisoner uniform in a clean room surrounded by white curtains and is seen eating with his siblings Vilma and Manuel Antonio at a round table.In the room there are also three blue armchairs with a coffee table and several po
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Recently, the government of Daniel Ortega has restricted the use of audio and video equipment by tourists in order to regulate the content that is shared on social networks and mass media.