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– Ortega's control over the media slips even as a government crackdown intensifies (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 15, 2018

Amid a violent crackdown on demonstrators that has killed at least 300 people, more Nicaraguan media outlets are providing hard-hitting reports about government abuses and some have joined in the calls for Ortega to resign.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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