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Nicaragua released imprisoned priests, but repression is unlikely to relent – and the Catholic Church remains a target

  • Written by Kai M. Thaler, Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Nicaragua released imprisoned priests, but repression is unlikely to relent – and the Catholic Church remains a targetA priest and Catholic worshippers pray in front of an image of 'Sangre de Cristo,' burned in a fire on July 2020, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua.Oswaldo Rivas/AFP via Getty Images

Bad news has been the norm for Catholics in Nicaragua, where clergy and church groups have been frequent targets of a wide-ranging crackdown for years. But on...

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