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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent, Chris Stein in Washington and Wilfredo Miranda in San José

Nicaragua’s prisoners flew to freedom – but Ortega’s not going anywhere

Supporters of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, in Managua, at the weekend to celebrate the expulsion of 222 Nicaraguans critical of the government.
Supporters of Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, in Managua, at the weekend to celebrate the expulsion of 222 Nicaraguans critical of the government. Photograph: Jorge Torres/EPA

Georgiana Aguirre-Sacasa was at a work dinner in Oakland when her telephone rang and, after nearly two years of torment, the bombshell dropped.

“Do you believe in miracles?” she remembers Senator Chris Dodd – a close friend of the US president, Joe Biden – asking her.

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