The Vatican remained silent about the investigation of Álvarez for nearly two weeks, drawing criticism from some Latin American human rights activists and intellectuals. The conference of Latin American Catholic bishops decried what it called a “siege” of priests and bishops, the expulsion of members of religious communities and “constant harassment” targeting the Nicaraguan people and the church. The Archdiocese of Managua had earlier expressed support for Álvarez. Now he appears to once again see political benefit in direct confrontation. The former Marxist guerrilla infuriated the Vatican in the 1980s, but gradually forged an alliance with the church as he moved to regain the presidency in 2007 after a long period out of power. “And so they continue to push the envelope because they don’t see that short of a military invasion, there is not going to be anything that can stop them.”įriday’s arrests follow weeks of elevated tensions between the church and Ortega’s government, which has had a complicated relationship with Nicaragua’s predominant religion and its leaders for more than four decades.
Orozco said the government is betting its pressure on the church won’t bring a “proportional response” by the international community. “And he makes allusions not to incite violence or to call for resistance, but he does say there is oppression.” “(Álvarez’s) narrative, it’s based on the religious script, the biblical script about opposing the oppressor,” Orozco said. The others who were taken with Álvarez - they did not specify who or how many - were still being processed, police said. Álvarez was being held under guard at a house in Managua, where he had been allowed to meet with relatives and Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, the police statement said. “With the continuation of the destabilizing and provocative activities, the aforementioned public order operation became necessary.” “For several days a positive communication from the Matagalpa diocese was awaited with a lot of patience, prudence and sense of responsibility, that never materialized,” the statement said. The National Police confirmed the detentions in a statement later, saying that the operation was carried out to allow “the citizenry and families of Matagalpa to recover normalcy.” At this time the National Police have entered the Episcopal rectory of our Matagalpa diocese.” 50% of the profits from every Dissent Collar pin will go to organizations doing important work right now: the work of defending our democracy.Early Friday, the Matagalpa diocese posted on social media, “#SOS #Urgente. So I asked Caitlin to help me make a package for the Dissent Collar pins, and we opened this store. My first thought was: these are lawyers that should never want for resources. Then, on January 28th, I watched videos and photos of lawyers lining up in airports to offer assistance to people coming into the US. As I gave them out, I got more and more requests for them. I decided to make replicas of RBG's collar as a holiday gift, and contacted one of my favorite illustrators, Caitlin Kuhwald, who produced the illustration that was turned into 100 hard enamel pins.
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