Kai M. Thaler, Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara 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 Jan. 14,…
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