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Nicaragua shutters 1,500 NGOs as crackdown continues

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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega attends the summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) bloc in Caracas on April 24, 2024. [AFP]

Nicaragua on Monday shuttered 1,500 NGOs, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of such entities scrapped in a crackdown on opponents by President Daniel Ortega.

The government has jailed hundreds of critics, real and perceived, since protests against his regime in 2018 that were met with a crackdown the UN said left more than 300 people dead.

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