Nicaragua oppression

“The Ortega-Murillo regime will be held accountable for its systematic persecution of the Catholic Church and the Nicaraguan people,” said U.S. Sen. Rick Scott.

Nicaragua’s co-presidents are likely seeking a renewal in Catholic leadership, with clergy supportive of the regime populating the hierarchy.

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs blasted the school’s seizure in a X post, decrying the “cruelty” of the nation’s dictatorship.

“With God’s grace” and support of church and community, “we will not tire of continuing to dream and fight peacefully for justice and freedom in Nicaragua.”