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MANAGUA, Nicaragua Nicaraguan police placed under house arrest a seventh presidential contender on Saturday, meaning that almost all of those who could have challenged President Daniel Ortega in the Nov. 7 elections have now been detained.
Opposition leader Noel Vidaurre was placed under police custody at his home on Saturday, as was political commentator Jaime Arellano. Arellano had been called in for questioning regarding a commentary he wrote criticizing an Ortega speech.
Vidaurre was one of the potential presidential candidates of the Citizens for Liberty alliance. The conservative alliance announced it had chosen as its candidate Oscar Sovalbarro, a leader of the U.S.-supported Contra insurgency that fought the Sandinistas in the 1980s. It was not clear if Sovalbarro had accep
Detenido en Nicaragua séptimo aspirante presidencial opositor
El veterano político conservador Noel Vidaurre permanece bajo arresto domiciliario, igual que el comentarista político Jaime Arellano, informó la policía.
El aspirante opositor a la Presidencia de Nicaragua Noel Vidaurre fue puesto bajo arresto domiciliario este sábado (24.07.2021), con lo que totalizan siete los dirigentes opositores que aspiran a la primera magistratura y han sido detenidos, según informó la Policía Nacional.
Cuando apenas falta poco más de tres meses para las elecciones, los otros precandidatos arrestados son Cristiana Chamorro (arresto domiciliar), Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga, Miguel Moral, Juan Sebastián Chamorro -primo de Cristiana- y Medardo Mairena.
FILE - In this June 17, 2021 file photo, a billboard promoting President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo covers a truck driving through Managua, Nicaragua. The U.S. State Department announced Monday, July 12, 2021 it is revoking the travel visas of 100 legislators, judges and prosecutors who aided the regime of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Miguel Andres, File) world
Nicaragua arrests 7th presidential contender in Nov 7 vote Today 03:50 am JST Today | 06:37 am JST MANAGUA, Nicaragua
Nicaraguan police placed under house arrest a seventh presidential contender on Saturday, meaning that almost all of those who could have challenged President Daniel Ortega in the Nov 7 elections have now been detained.
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La policía acusa a Noel Vidaurre de “incitar a una intervención militar”.
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(AP Photo/Miguel Andres, File)
MANAGUA (AP) La policía de Nicaragua informó el sábado que puso bajo
arresto domiciliar al político opositor nicaragüense Noel Vidaurre, el
séptimo aspirante presidencial detenido por el gobierno de Daniel Ortega a menos de cuatro meses de las elecciones del próximo 7 de noviembre.
En un comunicado, la entidad anunció que tomó la misma medida con el comentarista político
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