The Jesuits say Nicaragua’s authorities has confiscated the College of Central America in Nicaragua, which is among the area’s most extremely regarded faculties
MEXICO CITY — The Jesuits introduced Wednesday that Nicaragua’s authorities has confiscated the College of Central America in Nicaragua, one of many area’s most extremely regarded faculties.
It was the most recent in a collection of expulsions, closures and confiscations by the regime of President Daniel Ortega focusing on the Roman Catholic Church and opposition figures.
The order, often known as the Society of Jesus, mentioned the federal government seized all of the college’s property, buildings and financial institution accounts.
It quoted the federal government as claiming the college “operated as a middle of terrorism.” The Jesuits say the accusation is unfounded.
“With this confiscation, the Ortega authorities has buried the liberty of thought in Nicaragua,” mentioned María Asunción Moreno, who was a professor on the college till she was pressured into exile in 2021.
In April, the Vatican closed its embassy in Nicaragua after the nation’s authorities proposed suspending diplomatic relations.
Two congregations of nuns, together with from the Missionaries of Charity order based by Mom Teresa, have been expelled from Nicaragua final yr.
The expulsions, closures and confiscations haven’t simply focused the church. Nicaragua has outlawed or closed greater than 3,000 civic teams and non-governmental organizations.
In Might, the federal government ordered the Nicaraguan Crimson Cross shut down, accusing it of “assaults on peace and stability” throughout antigovernment demonstrations in 2018. The native Crimson Cross says it simply helped deal with injured protesters in the course of the protests.
In June, the federal government confiscated properties belonging to 222 opposition figures who have been pressured into exile in February after being imprisoned by Ortega’s regime.
These taken from jail and compelled aboard a flight to the US on Feb. 9 included seven presidential hopefuls barred from working within the 2021 election, attorneys, rights activists, journalists and former members of the Sandinista guerrilla motion.
1000’s have fled into exile since Nicaraguan safety forces violently put down mass antigovernment protests in 2018. Ortega says the protests have been an tried coup with overseas backing, aiming for his overthrow.