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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Nicaragua shutters 1 500 ngos as crackdown continues - What They Never Told You

This handout picture released by the Nicaraguan presidency shows Daniel Ortega on May 28, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

Nicaragua on Monday shuttered 1,500 NGOs, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of such entities scrapped in a crackdown on opponents by President Daniel Ortega.

The government has jailed hundreds of critics, real and perceived, since protests against his regime in 2018 that were met with a crackdown the UN said left more than 300 people dead.

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