In Nicaragua, Vice President and First Lady Rosario Murillo tightened control over the Supreme Court. This happened after the police acted on October 24th. Reports from local news have detailed this without outside confirmation. Nicaraguan websites say the Court’s chief, Alba Luz Ramos, was deposed and home-confined. Murillo, who speaks for her husband’s regime, ordered […]
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