Posted on 12/14/2018 10:49:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan police raided the offices of a prominent journalist often critical of President Daniel Ortega, the latest sign of a broad crackdown on civil society and independent media organizations.
Carlos Fernando Chamorro, the son of former president Violeta Chamorro, runs the digital newspaper Confidencial and hosts television news programs. He blamed the Thursday night raid and seizure of equipment on increasingly authoritarian efforts to purge the country of domestic dissent.
“This was an absurd attack on free expression,” the award-winning Chamorro told Reuters on Friday.
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