now on bbc news hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. more than four decades ago, nicaraguan president daniel ortega led a revolution that toppled a corrupt dictatorship. he can hardly be unaware of the irony of his current situation, imposing evermore repressive measures to silence dissent in the run up to an election unlikely to be free or fair. in another ironic twist, my guest, carlos fernando chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist. now, he s an influential journalistic critic in exile. why has nicaragua slumped back into authoritarianism? carlos fernando chamorro in costa rica, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. mr chamorro, you have lived through very difficult times in nicaragua, but earlier this year, you decided to flee. and you re speaking to me from an undisclosed location in costa rica. why did you take that decision? well, my newsroom was raided by the police for the second time on may 20th, and it was an imminent risk for me to stay
my guest, carlos fernando chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist. now, he s an influential journalistic critic in exile. why has nicaragua slumped back into authoritarianism? carlos fernando chamorro in costa rica, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. mr chamorro, you have lived through very difficult times in nicaragua, but earlier this year, you decided to flee. and you re speaking to me from an undisclosed location in costa rica. why did you take that decision? well, my newsroom was raided by the police for the second time on may 20th, and it was an imminent risk for me to stay in nicaragua, because i would be captured and trialled by the government, just by being a journalist. my house was also raided. by that time, my wife and i have decided to leave and to come to costa rica to continue being a journalist. otherwise, i will be silenced, along with other. ..more than 30 people who are now in prison in nicaragua, in the prison of el chipote. we ll get to the
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