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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The government of President Daniel Ortega has been arresting opponents and activists who challenge his decades-long rule of Nicaragua. Many of those arrested are disappearing into prisons. As NPR s Jackie Northam reports, the wives of two were in Washington, D.C., this week to appeal to the U.S. for help. JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: On the evening of June 8, Nicaraguan presidential candidate Juan Sebastian Chamorro was at home in the capital, Managua, with his wife, Victoria Cardenas, when suddenly, dozens of armed police stormed the front gate and entered the house. VICTORIA CARDENAS: And he was on his knees with his hands up saying, I m here. Please don t do anything to my wife. I m not getting away. They came in and took him quickly. That was the last time I saw him.

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