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Nicaragua's Ortega threatens life sentences for opponents

| September 16, 2020 12:03 AM

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Tuesday he has proposed a legal reform to allow sentences of life in prison and threatened to use it against some government opponents, accusing them of committing “hate crimes.”

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