Nicaragua shuts Catholic radio stations led by bishop critical of regime

 

 

The Nicaraguan government ordered the closure on Monday of seven Catholic radio stations linked to a bishop who has been critical of the country’s president, Daniel Ortega.

Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who serves as the radio’s coordinator and leads the remote northern Matagalpa diocese, announced the closures on Monday.

“All our radio stations have been closed, but they will not cancel the word of God,” Alvarez said on Twitter.

The Nicaraguan telecommunications agency said the radio stations did not meet the technical requirements to be on air, but did not specify what those requirements were.

Ortega has become increasingly isolated and condemned internati…

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