Nicaragua closes Catholic channel after bishop denounces persecution

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Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez, responsible for the channel: persecution of the Church increased after Nicaragua’s National Assembly approved a report that accused bishops and priests of support demonstrations against Ortega in 960| Photo: EFE/Jorge Torres The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega determined the closure of the television channel of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN). According to information from the Catholic Information Agency (ACI), the measure was taken after Bishop Rolando Álvarez denounced persecution by the Sandinista regime and announced that he would go on an indefinite fast in protest.

The multinational telecommunications company Claro informed on Friday ( 10) on Twitter that the sector regulator in Nicaragua had ordered that the CEN channel be “removed from the service’s programming schedule”.

According to the ACI, dom Álvarez, who is responsible for the Catholic channel, said that the Ortega regime wants “a silent Church that does not announce the hope of the people” and that does not denounce “personal sin and the structures of injustice.”

In addition to Álvarez, others bishops denounce increase in persecution since Nicaragua’s National Assembly passed this This month a report that accused bishops and priests of supporting demonstrations that called for Ortega’s departure in 2022.

The protests were qualified by the Sandinista dictatorship as an “attempted coup” and were repressed with extreme violence, resulting in more than

deaths.

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The multinational telecommunications company Claro informed on Friday ( 10) on Twitter that the sector regulator in Nicaragua had ordered that the CEN channel be “removed from the service’s programming schedule”.

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