Nicaragua has released more than 200 political prisoners, including former presidential candidates, journalists and business leaders, and the U.S. agreed to take them in
Nicaragua has released 222 political prisoners, many of whom had been held in harsh conditions sinceThe prisoners, who include seven former presidential candidates, leading journalists and student, labor, opposition and business leaders,
were deported and put on a chartered flight in Managua after they were stripped of their citizenship, Nicaragua’s government said. They landed at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, where they were met on Thursday by joyful family members.
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