Now on Bbc News hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im 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, hes 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 youre 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
My guest, carlos Fernando Chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist. Now, hes 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 youre 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. Well get to the numerous peop
The bbc reports from one of afghanistans biggest cities on how taliban rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. Live from our studio in singapore. This is Bbc News. Its newsday. Its 7am in singapore, 7pm in washington, midnight in london, and 9am in canberra where the us, the uk, and australia have just announced a landmark security pact. It will see more shared intelligence, pooling of some resources, and new deals on providing military hardware. But hovering in the background seems to be the growing military power of china. More on that in just a moment but first, heres how us president Joe Biden and uk prime Minister Borisjohnson characterised the new pact we all recognise the imperative of ensuring Peace And Stability in the Indo Pacific over the long term. We need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve. Because the future of each of our nations, and indeed the world, depends on a free and open Indo Pacific endurin
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