Bishop Rolando Alvarez, an outspoken critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, was sentenced to 26 years in prison last Friday over charges of “conspiracy” and “fake news”.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/14/us-condemns-nicaraguas-imprisonment-of-outspoken-bishop

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, a frequent critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, prays at a Catholic church in Managua May 20, 2022.

Source: https://thetablet.org/nicaraguan-regime-sentences-bishop-alvarez-to-26-years-in-prison/

Daniel Ortega, the president, has also shut down two Catholic universities in Nicaragua.

Source: https://georgiabulletin.org/commentary/2023/03/praying-for-the-persecuted/

However, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega branded Catholic figures he viewed as sympathetic to the opposition as "terrorists" who had backed efforts to overthrow him.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/13/nicaragua-threatens-to-cut-ties-with-vatican-over-nazi-dictatorship-comments

In Nicaragua, Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, ousted in 1990, has been back in power from 2007 to today, though clearly his policies have changed and his abuses of power are not all fabrications of the U.S. media.

Source: https://www.opednews.com/articles/Latin-America-Is-Working-t-Doctrine-Of-Discovery_Latin-American-Solidarity-With-Chavez_Latino-Voters_Latinos-230220-806.html

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega has continued his fierce assault on the Catholic Church, shuttering two important Catholic universities and appropriating their assets.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/03/08/nicaraguan-dictator-daniel-ortega-closes-two-catholic-universities/

On Aug. 9, the Daniel Ortega regime froze the assets of the Jesuit university.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ortega-dictatorship-in-nicaragua-freezes-bank-accounts-and-assets-of-jesuit-university

Pedro Vazquez and Juan Sebastián Chamorro were among some 222 prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega who arrived from Nicaragua to the Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, after an apparently negotiated release.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/02/11/nicaraguan-bishop-rolando-alvarez-sentenced-26-years-prison/

To avoid confrontation, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua stayed away.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/02/celac-summit-offers-proposals-amid-divisions-and-dissent/

You know, Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, one way he won the presidency was basically by jailing all of his opponents.”

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/anthony-gonzalez/2023/08/14/cuban-born-congressman-explains-why-hes-voting-trump-over-desantis-n1719013