Calls grow for strike in Nicaragua after opposition leader detained
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MANAGUA — A group representing Nicaraguan political prisoners and the mothers of those killed protesting President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian government called Thursday for a national strike after the house arrest of opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro. Nicaraguan police stormed into Chamorro’s home on Wednesday, dramatically escalating a political battle ahead of November elections in which veteran […]