A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega's government began a hunger strike on Friday after taking refuge in a Catholic church indefinitely in the capital Managua, alleging he had been targeted by the police.
Rolando Alvarez, bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Esteli in the north of the country, said that a police car followed him throughout the day Thursday as other religious order members in his parishes are being harassed.
