25
May 2023
Past Event
Imprisoned in Nicaragua: A Conversation with Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa

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Imprisoned in Nicaragua: A Conversation with Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa

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华体会
May 25, 2023
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A woman holding a cross in front of 鈥淓l Chipote鈥� prison in Nicaragua hopes to receive information about incarcerated relatives on May 29, 2018. (Carlos Herrera via Getty Images)
25
May 2023
Past Event

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Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa

Former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua, Former Ambassador to the US

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Daniel Batlle

Adjunct Fellow

The Daniel Ortega regime arrested Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa, a former foreign minister and ambassador to the United States from Nicaragua, as part of a crackdown on domestic opponents in 2021. The government sentenced him for alleged crimes against national sovereignty and held him in El Chipote prison until February 2023, when he and 221 other political prisoners were released and deported to the United States.  

Please join 华体会 Adjunct Fellow Daniel Batlle for a conversation with Aguirre-Sacasa on his experience as a political prisoner and the repressive nature of the Ortega regime. 

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