Ortega regime shuts down Jesuit university in Nicaragua
A guard mans the access to the Central American University in Managua, Nicaragua, August 16. Nicaraguan officials evicted a team of Jesuits from their home in the capital city of Managua August 19, shortly after seizing a prestigious university from the religious order -- an act the Society of Jesus called a "spectacle". Photo: OSV News/Reuters
The Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua suspended operations August 16 after Nicaraguan authorities branded the school a “centre of terrorism” the previous day and froze its assets for confiscation – actions marking an escalation in the regime’s repression of the Catholic Church and its charitable and educational projects The Jesuit province in Central America…