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Wave of arrests in Nicaragua pushing opposition figures, others into exile

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Managua,Jul 14 (EFE).- The cascade of arrests of assorted opposition political leaders in Nicaragua has motivated hundreds of dissidents and professionals to abandon the country or to remain abroad, less than four months before the presidential vote, when President Daniel Ortega, who has been in power continuously since 2007, will seek reelection.Opposition leaders, writers, journalists, physicians, attorneys, former contra rebels and their commanders, young people, laborers and peasants have all self-exiled or delayed their returns to Nicaragua due to reasons of personal safety amid a hostile political environment in which they could find themselves in prison, many of them have confirmed through various channels. (Camera: RENÉE LUCÍA RAMOS). B-ROLL OF THE BUS TERMINAL IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.

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