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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Nicaragua's OAS ambassador says own government dictatorship

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Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of the American States denounced his own government as a “dictatorship” on Wednesday in a dramatic break with the administration of President Daniel Ortega.

Arturo McFields said during an online meeting of the OAS that he was speaking on behalf of “more than 177 political prisoners and more than 350 people that have lost their lives in my country since 2018.”

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