Archbishop Rolando Alvarez (pictured), one of the crucial vital voices of the Catholic Church towards the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, was returned to La Modelo jail on Wednesday (5) after the failure of negotiations between the Sandinista regime and an envoy from the Catholic Church. Vaticaninforms El País newspaper.
In keeping with diplomatic and ecclesiastical sources heard by the Spanish newspaper, Alvarez refused the circumstances imposed on him to go away the nation and go into exile in Rome. Earlier, as we revealed, native newspapers reported that he might be launched.
The bishop had already refused exile on March 9, when he determined to not board a aircraft carrying 222 political prisoners from Nicaragua to the US. In retaliation for Ortega’s dictatorship, he confined Álvarez to solitary confinement in La Modelo. Since then, the Vatican, the Episcopal Convention of Nicaragua and different entities have tried to barter his launch.
Sources heard by El País say that the bishop sticks to his place: to not depart Nicaraguan territory as a result of he has dedicated no crime. Alvarez additionally known as for the unconditional launch of all monks convicted and imprisoned by the regime, the opening of church financial institution accounts and an finish to non secular persecution. The dictator rejected all proposals.
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