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🇳🇮 Nicaragua judge orders seizure of top Jesuit-run university
A Nicaraguan judge has ordered the confiscation of all assets belonging to a prestigious Jesuit-run university, the college announced, as the government's crackdown on Catholic clergy and church-affiliated institutions intensifies.
The 63-year-old Central American University (UCA) said it had been informed by a criminal court that all of its assets would be transferred to the government.
The government said it would guarantee all educational programs, but the university said it would suspend all its classes and administrative activities without giving a restart date.
UCA, widely-considered one of Central America's top private institutions of higher learning, said it stands accused of being a "center for terrorism organized by criminal groups," which it rejects as false.
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A Nicaraguan judge has ordered the confiscation of all assets belonging to a prestigious Jesuit-run university, the college announced, as the government's crackdown on Catholic clergy and church-affiliated institutions intensifies.
The 63-year-old Central American University (UCA) said it had been informed by a criminal court that all of its assets would be transferred to the government.
The government said it would guarantee all educational programs, but the university said it would suspend all its classes and administrative activities without giving a restart date.
UCA, widely-considered one of Central America's top private institutions of higher learning, said it stands accused of being a "center for terrorism organized by criminal groups," which it rejects as false.
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🌎🇹🇼🇨🇳 Central America parliament expels Taiwan, makes China permanent observer
The Central American Parliament on Monday voted to expel Taiwan after more than two decades as a permanent observer and replace it with China.
The six-nation parliament, known as Parlacen, met in the Nicaraguan capital Managua where local legislators proposed adding China. Taiwan's foreign ministry said it had decided to withdraw from Parlacen immediately in the interests of upholding "national dignity."
In a statement, Parlacen cited the United Nations' 1971 expulsion of Taiwan in favor of China, saying this deemed Taiwan to be a "province of mainland China, which disqualifies it from participating as an independent country".
Guatemala is the only Parlacen member that still recognizes Taiwan.
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The Central American Parliament on Monday voted to expel Taiwan after more than two decades as a permanent observer and replace it with China.
The six-nation parliament, known as Parlacen, met in the Nicaraguan capital Managua where local legislators proposed adding China. Taiwan's foreign ministry said it had decided to withdraw from Parlacen immediately in the interests of upholding "national dignity."
In a statement, Parlacen cited the United Nations' 1971 expulsion of Taiwan in favor of China, saying this deemed Taiwan to be a "province of mainland China, which disqualifies it from participating as an independent country".
Guatemala is the only Parlacen member that still recognizes Taiwan.
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#Guatemala #Honduras #Nicaragua #Panama #ElSalvador #DominicanRepublic #Taiwan #China
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🇳🇮Nicaragua closes US Chamber of Commerce and 150 other organizations
Nicaragua’s government closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations Thursday, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce, coming just days after the government shuttered some 1,500 nongovernmental organizations, many of them religious in nature.
The Interior Ministry also cancelled the legal status of the umbrella organization for European countries’ chambers of commerce in Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua’s government closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations Thursday, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce, coming just days after the government shuttered some 1,500 nongovernmental organizations, many of them religious in nature.
The Interior Ministry also cancelled the legal status of the umbrella organization for European countries’ chambers of commerce in Nicaragua.
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